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retreat verb | noun
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re·treat / rI5trit ; rI5tri:t /verb I
1. ARMY 军队, to move away from the enemy after being defeated in battle撤退;ANTadvance
•The rebels retreated to the mountains.叛乱分子撤退到山里。
•They were attacked and forced to retreat.他们受到攻击，被迫撤退。
2. MOVE BACK 后退 written
a. to move away from someone or something后退; 离开; 退避:
•He saw her and retreated, too shy to speak to her.他看到她就躲开了，不好意思跟她讲话。
[+ to / from / into etc ]
•Perry lit the fuse and retreated to a safe distance.佩里点燃导火线，退至安全距离。
•It was not a conscious choice to retreat from public life.退出公众生活并非刻意的选择。
b. if an area of water, snow, or land retreats, it gradually gets smaller〔水、雪或土地〕范围缩小:
•The flood waters are slowly retreating.洪水正在慢慢退去。
3. CHANGE YOUR MIND 改变主意, writtento decide not to do something you were planning to do, because it was unpopular or too difficult撤回（计划）:
[+ from ]
•The Canadian government has retreated from a plan to kill 300 wolves.加拿大政府取消了要杀死 300 头狼的计划。
4. QUIET PLACE 安静的地方, to go away to a place that is quiet or safe退隐，躲避:
[+ from / into / to ]
•After the noise of the city he was glad to retreat to his hotel room.经历了城市的喧嚣，他乐得躲进酒店的客房里。
5. retreat into yourself / your shell / fantasy etc to ignore what is happening around you and give all your attention to your private thoughts陷入沉思/幻想中等
6. FINANCE 金融, technicalif shares etc retreat, their value falls to a lower level〔股价〕下挫，下跌
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retreatnoun
1. OF AN ARMY 军队的, C,Ua movement away from the enemy after a defeat in battle撤退;ANTadvance
•Napoleon's retreat from Moscow拿破仑从莫斯科的撤退
•The rebel forces are in full retreat (=retreating very fast) .叛军全线溃退。
•The bugler sounded the retreat (=gave a loud signal for retreat) .号角手吹号撤退。
2. MOVEMENT BACK 后退, sing., Ua movement away from someone or something后退; 离开; 退避:
[+ from ]
•Ten thousand years ago the ice began its retreat from Scotland.一万年以前冰开始从苏格兰消退。
3. beat a retreat informalto leave a place quickly快速离开:
•I saw my aunt coming and beat a hasty retreat .我看到我姨妈来了便赶快离开。
4. CHANGE OF INTENTION 意图的改变, sing., Uwhen you change your mind about something because your idea was unpopular or too difficult〔立场的〕改变，放弃:
[+ from ]
•a retreat from hard-line policies放弃强硬政策
5. PLACE 地方, Ca place you can go to that is quiet or safe静养所，静居所:
•a country retreat乡村静居所
6. THOUGHT AND PRAYER 冥想和祈祷, C,Ua period of time that you spend praying or studying religion in a quiet place〔宗教的〕静修（期）:
on (a) retreat
•I spent three weeks on retreat in Scotland.我在苏格兰静修了三个星期。
7. FINANCE 金融, sing., Utechnicala situation in which the value of shares etc falls to a lower level〔股价的〕下挫，下跌

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