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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- beat a retreat
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1.
[military]
退却,撤退;鸣金收兵
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2.
仓皇撤退;逃走;打退堂鼓
Collins English-English Dictionary
- beat a retreat
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vt.
to withdraw or depart in haste
Examples
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to beat a hasty retreat
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迅速逃离
→ retreat
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前方遇到紧急情况, 我们必须马上回撤。
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There appeared an emergency in front. We must beat a retreat immediately.
→ 回撤
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