Withdrawal



GRE TOEFL

解释

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• n. 收回, 撤退
• ［英］ n. 收回, 撤退 ( the state of being withdrawn)
• ［类］ 反义词: press ( 推进)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 1749
• 1.
  • a. the act of taking back or away something that has been granted or possessed
  • b. removal from a place of deposit or investment
  • c.
    • (1) the discontinuance of administration or use of a drug
    • (2) the syndrome of often painful physical and psychological symptoms that follows discontinuance of an addicting drug <a heroin addict going through withdrawal>
• 2.
  • a. retreat or retirement especially into a more secluded or less exposed place or position
  • b. an operation by which a military force disengages from the enemy
  • c.
    • (1) social or emotional detachment
    • (2) a pathological retreat from objective reality (as in some schizophrenic states)
• 3. retraction, revocation <threatened us with withdrawal of consent>
• 4.
  • a. the act of drawing someone or something back from or out of a place or position
  • b. coitus interruptus

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