retreats

英 [rɪˈtriːts]

美 [rɪˈtriːts]

v.  退却; 撤退; 离开; 离去; 退去; 后退; (由于批评或环境过于恶劣)改变主意，退缩
retreat的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 退避;后退;离开
  If youretreat, you move away from something or someone.
  1. '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。
  2. 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。
• VERB (军队)撤退，退却
  When an armyretreats, it moves away from enemy forces in order to avoid fighting them.
  1. The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced to retreat...
     人数突然处于劣势的法军被迫撤退。
  2. 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. Retreatis also a noun.
     
  4. In June 1942, the British 8th Army was in full retreat.
     1942年6月，英国第八军全面撤退。
• VERB 放弃，远离（计划、生活方式等）；从…中隐退
  If youretreat fromsomething such as a plan or a way of life, you give it up, usually in order to do something safer or less extreme.
  1. 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。
  2. From bouncing confidence she had retreated into self-pity.
     她从信心百倍变得自怜自哀。
  3. Retreatis also a noun.
     
  4. The President's remarks appear to signal that there will be no retreat from his position...
     总统的言辞似乎在暗示他不会主动辞职。
  5. It's a retreat into the adolescence they never really had.
     这是对他们从不曾真正拥有的青春时代的回归。
• N-COUNT 隐居地;静养所
  Aretreatis a quiet, isolated place that you go to in order to rest or to do things in private.
  1. He spent yesterday hidden away in his country retreat.
     他昨天躲在了他乡下的静养地。
• PHRASE 匆匆离开;仓皇撤退
  If youbeat a retreat, you leave a place quickly in order to avoid an embarrassing or dangerous situation.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• I even began to attend weekend retreats.
  我甚至开始参加周末静修。
• Like I have already mentioned in My Big Plans my first retreats will focus around healthy lifestyle and self growth.
  正如我已经在我的宏大计划中提到的，我的第一个静修活动将重点关注健康的生活方式和自我成长。
• Thatched pavilions provide shady retreats for relaxing and reading in privacy.
  茅草亭是独自放松和读书的阴凉清幽之所。
• One might add that the two retreats are being carried out on the same, perfectly reasonable grounds.
  有人或许会补充称，这两方面的避退都是基于同样的、完全合理的立场做出的。
• Well, let's hope that Germany retreats from poland.
  嘿，希望德国人从波兰撤退。
• As long as you love preoccupation they mastered, then your body and mind cannot again retreats!
  只要你爱美的心思被他们掌握，那么你的身体还有心灵都无法再全身而退了！
• Abby retreats back into the apartment, and waits behind the bathroom door, holding a gun.
  阿比又回到自己的公寓，在浴室的门后面拿着枪等待。
• Finally, boards need to move beyond annual retreats as the forum at which directors and executives debate strategy.
  最后，董事会需要采取更多行动，而不仅仅把一年一度的外出研讨会作为董事与高管讨论战略的论坛。
• Could there be another Great Reversal in which globalisation retreats and the world suffers political, social and economic upheaval and destruction?
  是否有可能再次出现大倒退，导致全球化进程逆转，世界遭受政治、社会和经济的剧变和打击？
• Built into her schedule will be weekend retreats.
  周末静养将列入她的日程表。