| 单词 | retreat |
| 释义 | re·treat I. 1. a. < this retreat from reality characterizes much of our thinking about social and criminal problems — D.W.Maurer & V.H.Vogel > < the squalor of the medieval village had long been in retreat before the homely dignity and comfort of the rural middle class — G.M.Trevelyan > < an escape from the world of men, a refusal to accept the responsibility of social and adult life, a retreat into the egocentric — Times Literary Supplement > < the retreat of the forest — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < the final ice retreat during the Ice Age — W.J.Miller > b. (1) (2) (3) (4) 2. a. < quiet city that is becoming a retreat for writers and artists — R.F.Warner > < three acres for a country retreat — Green Peyton > < regard the hut as a retreat and a camp rather than a home — H.S.Canby > b. < a charitable retreat for down-and-outs — Van Wyck Brooks > < the provincial house and novitiate … is a retreat for aged or invalid members — American Guide Series: Maryland > 3. < a facade in retreat > 4. < priests and religious usually make a retreat every year for a week or eight days — Cyprian Emanuel > 5. II. intransitive verb 1. < the army retreated > < stared after the retreating cab — G.B.Shaw > < labor determined not to retreat from the position it had attained — Oscar Handlin > < became despondent, and retreated within herself — Journal of Child Psychiatry > < as though a glacier had just retreated — Walter Bernstein > < a retreating chin > 2. transitive verb < retreating his chair with intense disgust — George Meredith > < no hurt retreats us from this calm — Genevieve Taggard > specifically Synonyms: see recede |
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