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Collins English-English Dictionary
- retreat [rɪ'triːt]
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1.
vb
[mainly intr]
[military]
to withdraw or retire in the face of or from action with an enemy, either due to defeat or in order to adopt a more favourable position
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2.
vb
to retire or withdraw, as to seclusion or shelter
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3.
vb
(of a person's features) to slope back; recede
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4.
vt.
[tr]
[chess]
to move (a piece) back
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5.
n
the act of retreating or withdrawing
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6.
n
[military]
a withdrawal or retirement in the face of the enemy
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7.
n
a bugle call signifying withdrawal or retirement, esp (formerly) to within a defended fortification
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8.
n
retirement or seclusion
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9.
n
a place, such as a sanatorium or monastery, to which one may retire for refuge, quiet, etc
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10.
n
a period of seclusion, esp for religious contemplation
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11.
n
an institution, esp a private one, for the care and treatment of the mentally ill, infirm, elderly, etc
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12.
n
[Etymology]
C14: from Old French retret, from retraire to withdraw, from Latin retrahere to pull back; see
retract
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1.
vb
[mainly intr]
[military]
to withdraw or retire in the face of or from action with an enemy, either due to defeat or in order to adopt a more favourable position
Examples
- to beat a hasty retreat
- 迅速逃离 → retreat
- the note to retreat was sounded → note
- 仓皇退却
- retreat in haste → 仓皇
- 向后撤
- withdraw; retreat → 撤
- 安全撤退
- make good one's retreat → 撤退
- 寸进尺退
- advance by inches, retreat by feet; more regressing than progressing → 寸进
- 切断敌人后路
- cut off the enemy's route of retreat → 后路
- 主动后退，以便歼灭更多敌人。
- retreat on one's own initiative in order to wipe out more enemy troops → 后退
- 节节败退
- retreat in defeat again and again; keep on retreating → 节节
- 截断敌人的退路
- cut off the enemy's retreat → 截断
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