Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense retreats, present participle retreating, past tense, past participle retreated
1VERB 退避;后退;离开 If you retreat, you move away from something or someone. 退避;后退;离开 [Also VERB]
'I've already got a job,' I said quickly, and retreated from the room. [VERB prep.]
“我已经有了一份工作。”我马上说道,并从房间里退了出来。
The young nurse pulled a face at the Matron's retreating figure. [VERB-ing]
看着护士长离去的身影,这个年轻的护士做了个鬼脸。
2VERB (军队)撤退,退却 When an army retreats, it moves away from enemy forces in order to avoid fighting them. (军队)撤退,退却
The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced to retreat. [VERB]
人数突然处于劣势的法军被迫撤退。
Retreating soldiers were dousing homes and shops with petrol and setting them on fire. [VERB-ing]
撤退的士兵把汽油浇到住宅和商店上,并放火焚烧。
Retreat is also a noun.
In June 1942, the British 8th Army was in full retreat.
1942年6月,英国第八军全面撤退。
3VERB 放弃,远离(计划、生活方式等);从…中隐退 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,远离(计划、生活方式等);从…中隐退
I believe people should live in houses that allow them to retreat from the harsh realities of life. [V + from/into]
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。
From bouncing confidence she had retreated into self-pity. [Vfrom/into n]
她从信心百倍变得自怜自哀。
Retreat is also a noun.
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。
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。
4N-COUNT 隐居地;静养所 A retreat is a quiet, isolated place that you go to in order to rest or to do things in private. 隐居地;静养所
He spent yesterday hidden away in his country retreat.