retreat /rɪˈtriːt/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (retreating,retreated,retreats)

• 1.  

  V-I（不及物动词） If you retreat, you move away from something or someone. 退出; 离开

  例：

  "I've already got a job," I said quickly, and retreated from the room.

  “我已经有了工作，”我迅速说道，然后就从房间里退了出来。

• 2.  

  V-I（不及物动词） When an army retreats, it moves away from enemy forces in order to avoid fighting them. 撤退

  例：

  The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced to retreat.

  法军在人数上突然处于劣势，被迫撤退了。

• 3.  

  N-VAR（有变体名词） Retreat is also a noun. 撤退

  例：

  In June 1942, the British 8th Army was in full retreat.

  1942年6月，英军第8军全线撤退。

• 4.  

  V-I（不及物动词） 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. 放弃

  例：

  She retreated from public life.

  她放弃了社会生活。

• 5.  

  N-VAR（有变体名词） Retreat is also a noun. 放弃

  例：

  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。

• 6.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A retreat is a quiet, isolated place that you go to in order to rest or to do things in private. 隐居处; 休养处

  例：

  He spent yesterday hidden away in his country retreat.

  他躲在乡间的休养地度过了昨天。