| 词汇 | retreated |
| 释义 | retreated past simple and past participle ofretreat retreat verb uk /rɪˈtriːt/ us /rɪˈtriːt/ retreatverb (POSITION)C2[ Ioften+ adv/prep ] to go away from a place or person in order to escape from fighting or danger: 退却;撤退;后退 Attacks by enemy aircraft forced the tanks to retreat (from the city).敌机的轰炸迫使坦克（从这座城市）撤离。 When she came towards me shouting, I retreated (behind my desk).她大叫着冲向我时，我就后退（到了桌子后面）。 to go backwards reverseThe road ahead was blocked by a tree so I had to reverse. backI backed into the drive. back upI backed up into an empty parking space. retreatShe retreated hastily back up the stairs. pull backUN peacekeepers have pulled back from the border. withdrawThe British army withdrew from Dunkirk in 1940. C2[ I ] to go to a quiet safe place in order to avoid a difficult situation: 退却;躲避;隐退 When he's done something wrong, he retreats to his bedroom.他要是做了什么错事，就会躲到自己卧室里去。 Fire fighters had to retreat from the fierce heat.消防员面对逼人的热浪只得后撤。 On seeing us, the deer stood stock-still for a moment, then turned and retreated into the forest.看到我们，那只鹿一动不动地站了一会儿，然后转身跑回森林里去了。 The army was forced to retreat. I saw her coming and retreated. They retreated to the relative safety of the forest. Responding to an attack beat beat someone off beat someone/something back capitulate combat patrol counter-assault counterattack countercharge fight hold human shield pull pull back refight repel repulse resistance strike ward someone/something off white flag You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Running away and escaping retreatverb (DECISION)[ Ioften+ adv/prep ] to decide not to do something, or to stop believing something, because it causes too many problems: 改变主意;退缩;放弃信仰 The government is retreating from its promises.政府要收回其承诺。 Changing your mind 180 about-face about-turn back away back out cave in climb down cold go back on something have another think comingidiom make a 180 make an about-face make an about-turn move second thought shift shift (your) groundidiom there's no turning backidiom think againidiom think better of somethingidiom retreatverb (PRICE)[ I ] If a price retreats, it goes down after it has gone up: （价格）在上涨之后回落 Wheat prices retreated after a two-day increase.小麦价格在两天的上涨之后回落。 Becoming and making smaller or less abridgment attenuate attenuated attenuating attenuation compress contraction damp dwindling ease ease someone's mindidiom ease up/off fall away reducible reduction resize retreat rightsize telescope tumble Examples of retreatedretreated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The ticks stopped suddenly on entering the region of the odour and, after waving their front legs, quickly retreated. Their mood changed only after the governor - wi retreated into his palace. However, after contact with the mucus, the ants retreated and exhibited antennal cleaning, especially when contact with the nectary took place soon after mucus treatment. The inhabitants gradually retreated from the advancing flies; they lost many cattle, and now the area is completely uninhabited. Conversely, more cultivable land might have been available during periods of low sea stands as these wetlands retreated. Silently the economists retreated in the face of the facts, and population came to be regarded as outside the economic paradigm. Fleeing - the subject retreated rapidly from the opponent. The literature also indicates that the glaciers generally retreated during the first half of the nineteenth century. During pursuit, the wasps continuously advanced and retreated, always attempting to orientate themselves near the rear of the ant and alight on their abdomens. Before reaching the barrier all the ticks retreated, 17 skirting completely round the liquid. By 1970, video was rarely seen in live performance and increasingly retreated into the studio, mediated almost to stultification by tedious and budgetconsuming editing systems. Some of these initiatives failed, others succeeded partly, or temporarily, for the period of war, and retreated afterwards. Prospective proponents of universal worker protection policy retreated, conceding business prerogatives in the labor market. After this loss of honour (for such was the decree's real significance), conservative nobles retreated into passivity or departed altogether. It inflicted heavy casualties on the assailants who retreated in disarray. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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