Retreat



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解释

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• n. / v. 撤退;隐居
• ［英］ n. / v. 撤退 ( withdrawal of troops) ; 隐居 ( a place of privacy or safety; refuge)
• ［类］ 反义词: incursion ( 入侵)
• ［记］ re ( 回) +treat ( =tract 拉) -> 拉回, 撤退
• ［例］ force the enemy to retreat / retreating eyes ( 凹陷的眼睛)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English retret, from Anglo-French retrait, from past participle of retraire to withdraw, from Latin retrahere, from re- + trahere to draw
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) an act or process of withdrawing especially from what is difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable
    • (2) the process of receding from a position or state attained <the retreat of a glacier><the slow retreat of an epidemic>
  • b.
    • (1) the usually forced withdrawal of troops from an enemy or from an advanced position
    • (2) a signal for retreating
  • c.
    • (1) a signal given by bugle at the beginning of a military flag-lowering ceremony
    • (2) a military flag-lowering ceremony
• 2. a place of privacy or safety ; refuge
• 3. a period of group withdrawal for prayer, meditation, study, or instruction under a director <a spiritual retreat><a corporate retreat>

II. verb

• Date: 15th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to make a retreat ; withdraw
  • 2. to slope backward
• transitive verb
  • to draw or lead back ; remove; specifically to move (a piece) back in chess
• Synonyms: see recede
• ? retreater noun

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