The cat beat a hasty retreat when he saw the dog coming.

猫看到狗来时，就很快溜之大吉了。

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The thief beat a hasty retreat when he saw the police coming.

小偷见有警察来仓皇逃走了。

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The poacher beat a hasty retreat when he saw the police coming.

偷猎者见有警察来到立刻仓皇逃走。

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We had to beat a hasty retreat from his noisy, enthusiastic supporters to conduct an interview in the back of my car.

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Informed by his advisors that winning the support of space workers around Cape Canaveral was important to carrying Florida in the primaries, Obama beat a hasty retreat.

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