retreat

retreat音标

英 [rɪˈtri:t]

美 [rɪˈtrit]

retreat基本释义

n.撤退；改变；隐居处

v.撤退；改变；退避；缩回象棋的棋子

retreat用法及例句

n.(名词)

隐退（处）

撤退（信号），降旗号，退却信号，回营号

退却，退避

休养所

收容所

退兵

躲藏处，避难处，潜伏处

巢窟

【宗】静修

默想

【空】向后倾斜

僻静

v.(动词)

后斜，向后倾

使后退，使往后移，使退回

凹陷，凹进

撤退，退却，后退，退缩，退出

隐退

缩回

撤回，撤销，作罢，放弃

退避，躲避，逃避，规避

把…后撤

离开，离去，退去

改变主意

跌价

退（棋）

v.(动词)

vi. 撤退; 退却 go back; withdraw

vi. 规避,逃走,逃避 go away to a place of shelter or privacy

n.(名词)

[S]退却,撤退 act or instance of retreating

[S]退*号,收兵号 a military signal for retreating

[C]退隐处; 藏匿处; 避难所 a place into which one can go for peace and safety

[U][C]静修(期) a period of prayer, thought, and religious study, with a group

noun

1. the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

2. withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation

e.g. the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity

Synonym: retirement

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

e.g. the disorderly retreat of French troops

4. an area where you can be alone

Synonym: hideaway

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

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

7. a place of privacya place affording peace and quiet

verb

1. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

e.g. We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with himHe backed out of his earlier promiseThe aggressive investment company pulled in its horns

Synonym: pull backback outback awaycrawfishcrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw

2. pull back or move away or backward

e.g. The enemy withdrewThe limo pulled away from the curb

Synonym: withdrawpull awaydraw backrecedepull backretiremove back

3. move back

e.g. The glacier retrogrades

Synonym: retrograde

4. move away, as for privacy

e.g. The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer

1. 退避;后退;离开If you retreat, you move away from something or someone.

retreat的近义词

e.g. 'I've already got a job,' I said quickly, and retreated from the room...“我已经有了一份工作。”我马上说道，并从房间里退了出来。e.g. The young nurse pulled a face at the Matron's retreating figure.看着护士长离去的身影，这个年轻的护士做了个鬼脸。

2. (*队)撤退，退却When an army retreats, it moves away from enemy forces in order to avoid fighting them.

e.g. The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced to retreat...人数突然处于劣势的法*被迫撤退。e.g. Retreating soldiers were dousing homes and shops with petrol and setting them on fire.撤退的士兵把汽油浇到住宅和商店上，并放火焚烧。

3. 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.

e.g. I believe people should live in houses that allow them to retreat from the harsh realities of life...我认为人们所居住的房子应该能让他们远离残酷的现实生活。e.g. From bouncing confidence she had retreated into self-pity.她从信心百倍变得自怜自哀。

4. 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.

e.g. He spent yesterday hidden away in his country retreat.他昨天躲在了他乡下的静养地。

5. 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.

e.g. Cockburn decided it was time to beat a hasty retreat.科伯恩认为到了该紧急撤退的时候了。

1. 撤退：输掉的玩者必须a) 查核伤亡人数(Check for casualties)b) 撤退(Retreat)伤亡数字用以下形式决定: 战胜者展示他在战事中所得到的宝剑图标(Sword icons)数目; 战败者则展示他在战事中所得到的围墙图标(Fortification icons)数目.

2. 闭关：那在闭关(retreat)期间,一个修内观禅者要注意那几点?*重要的是他的基础要捉得很好. 其一是要明白正念(mindfulness)是什么,因为你修行的五根之一就是要培养正念,如果你不明白正念是什么,你怎样去培养它?因为正念是一种经验来的,

3. retreat

3. 后退：过去研究显示后退(retreat)的东非赤道冰河会产生更多水潭,进而助长虐蚊的繁衍. 此外,赤道冰河亦提供重要的气候变迁资讯. 赤道地区的气候纪录扮演著重要的角色,因为赤道地区是大气及海洋环流的发源地,研究赤道气候可以帮助我们更了解大气及海洋环流等.

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作动词(v.)

避开…move away from or try to get rid of sb/sth

1. beat a retreat : 撤退, 放弃；

用作动词(v.)

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

用作名词(n.)

The general ordered the bugler to sound the retreat.将*命令号手吹号收兵。

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

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

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

retreat further撤得更远

retreat hastily〔rapidly〕仓促〔急忙〕撤退

～+介词

retreat before sth在…面前撤退

retreat from the town撤出该镇

retreat to a warm place离开到暖和的地方

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

beat〔carry out, make〕 a retreat撤退

go on retreat进行静修聚会

play retreat吹退*号

形容词+～

full〔good, hasty, strategic〕 retreat完全〔安全,匆匆,战略〕撤退

religious retreat有宗教色彩的静修聚会

名词+～

country retreat乡间僻静处

weekend retreat周末聚会

介词+～

in full retreat全线溃退

～+介词

a retreat from border从边境撤退

To harass the..German retreat by..ambushing.

出自：M. R. D. Foot

The dollar was on the retreat.

出自：J. Archer

The intruders were in retreat.

出自：Time

There can be no retreat from the truth.

出自：S. Rushdie

He saw his troops retreat from the field.

出自：H. H. Wilson

Footsteps..retreated on the pavement.

出自：W. Sansom

She would retreat to Crowlink.

出自：J. Briggs

Ned retreated into a private world.

出自：G. Daly

词义讲解

词源解说

v.(动词)

retreat, retire, withdraw

这组词都有“撤退,离开”的意思。其区别是：

retire指从公共场所移到私人场所,用法较为正式; withdraw与retire相似,为正式用语,现已较少使用; retreat多指从危险的处境中退出,也可能从一个地方移到另一个安静的私人场所。

☆ 直接源自古法语的retret；*初源自拉丁语的retrahere，意为撤回。

近义词

反义词

临近词

depart

departure

retirement

retire

leave

withdraw

privacy

flight

escape

advance

engage

to

entrance

rush

advance

charge

move forward

retreatism

retreatant

retreat from

retreatingness

retreating

retreative

retreatal

retreater

retreatment

retreat into

retract

retrench

相关列句

The enemy troops were in full retreat.(敌*全线退却。)

He went to the entrance of their retreat and put his head out.(他走到他们的藏身处的入口，把头探了出来。)

No retreat is allowed, only advance.(只许前进，不许后退。)

Animals also have to adapt to desert conditions, and they may do it through two forms of behavioral adaptation: they either escape or retreat.(动物也必须适应沙漠环境，它们可能通过两种形式的行为适应来做到这一点：它们要么逃跑，要么撤退。)

Their soldiers had to retreat ignominiously after losing hundreds of lives.(在损失数百条生命后，他们的士兵被迫灰溜溜地撤退了。)

In June 1942, the British 8th Army was in full retreat.(1942年6月，英*第8*全线撤退。)

The president's remarks appear to signal that there will be no retreat from his position.(总统的话似乎暗示他不会放弃自己的职位。)

He was not one to retreat but rather one who would take up the gauntlet.(他不是一个想退却的人，倒是一个宁愿应战的人。)

It's not necessarily a species in retreat.(它也并不处于物种衰退期。)

He did not retreat.(他不后退。)