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

• His voice is so sonorous and piercing that it penetrated the farthest alleys and retreats of the town.
  他的声音如此尖锐宏亮，都传到了镇上最远的小巷和偏僻幽静的角落。
• Therefore, I will be going for retreats again!
  所以，我还要再参加闭关。
• Too many retreats take the form of show-and-tell sessions in which operating executives give updates on the progress of key initiatives.
  太多研讨会采取了展示和说明的会议形式，会上负责运作的高管对关键计划的进展提供更新信息。
• We've tried therapists, retreats, vacations, everything.
  我们尝试过临床治疗，静修，度假，一切都试过了。
• Built into her schedule will be weekend retreats.
  周末静养将列入她的日程表。
• But as the ice retreats farther from the shoreline, the bears may have less success with their hunts.
  但是由于冰雪进一步的远离海岸线，熊们成功捕获他们猎物的几率可能变小。
• As the retreats begin, it is so quickly evident how much I am made for this job.
  静修开始不久之后，即看出我是多么适合这项工作。
• 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。
• It's like the company retreats at Hilton head. remember?
  这就像公司在希尔顿海德的撤退，还记得吗？