retreat

英[rɪˈtriːt]美[rɪˈtriːt]

vi.撤退，后退，撤销，作罢，（眼睛等）凹进，[航]向后倾斜；

n.撤回，静居处，引退期间，静思，静修；

第三人称单数：retreats;

过去式：retreated;

过去分词：retreated;

现在分词：retreating;

例句

I made a tactful retreat before they started arguing.在他们开始争论前我机智地离开了。

Housework is negatively valued as a retreat from a disliked alternative— employment work.家务劳动给消极地看作是逃避不喜欢的另一种选择——受雇工作。

Our troops cut off the enemy's retreat.我们的*队切断了敌人的退路。

They spent a week in (a) retreat.他们静修了一周。

He lives in a quiet retreat.他住在一个僻静的地方。

Our soldiers force the enemy to retreat.我们的战士迫使敌人后退。

Confronted by the angry strikers,the police had to retreat.面对愤怒的罢工者,**只好后退。

There is every sign to show that the enemy will retreat.种种迹象表明敌人要退却。

The captain instructed the soldiers to retreat.上尉命令士兵们撤退。

We covered his retreat with bursts of gunfire.我们集中火力掩护他撤退。

英语六级真题

However,while talking is largely subconscious and rapid, writing is deliberate and slow, Over time,writers took advantage of this and started crafting long-winded sentences such as this one:The whole engagement lasted above 12 hours, till the gradual retreat of the Persians was changed into a disorderly flight, of which the shameful example was given by the principal leaders and……" No one talks like that casually — or should

What distinguishes a depression from a harsh recession is paralyzing fear - fear of the unknown so great that it causes consumers, businesses, and investors to retreat and panic.

Why do consumers, businesses and investors retreat and panic in times of depression

Thirst grows for living unplugged More people are taking breaks from the connected life amid the stillness and quiet of retreats like the Jesuit Center in Wernersville, Pennsylvania

fish have a refuge in the streams and can expand into the lagoons when the lake is low and the lagoons are separate, Harper said All the lagoons join when the lake is high and fish must retreat to their stream refuges or die.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

退避;后退;离开

If you retreat, you move away from something or someone.

例句

VERB

(*队)撤退，退却

When an army retreats, it moves away from enemy forces in order to avoid fighting them.

例句

VERB

放弃，远离（计划、生活方式等）；从…中隐退

If you retreat from something such as a plan or a way of life, you give it up, usually in order to do something safer or less extreme.

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N-COUNT

隐居地;静养所

A retreat is a quiet, isolated place that you go to in order to rest or to do things in private.

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PHRASE

匆匆离开;仓皇撤退

If you beat a retreat, you leave a place quickly in order to avoid an embarrassing or dangerous situation.

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英汉词典释义

vi.

撤退; 退却

规避, 退缩

离开；离去；退去；后退

隐退；逃避；躲避

n.

退却, 撤退

退*号, 收兵号

隐退处, 静居处

静修(期)

逃避；退避；躲避

（由于批评或环境过于恶劣）改变决定，退缩

英英词典释义

Noun

1. (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat;

2. a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

3. (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

4. (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

5. an area where you can be alone

6. withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation;

Verb

1. pull back or move away or backward;

2. move away, as for privacy;

3. move back;

4. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;

行业词典

体育： 撤回；后退；退却；撤退；后撒；离开器械；

法律： 收容所；