Clearly, certain diseases are beating a retreat in the face of medical advances.

很明显，面对医学的进步，某些疾病正在撤退。

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Japan Inc went on a global buying binge 20 years ago, snatching up vanity assets such as the Rockefeller Centre and the Pebble Beach golf course before beating a hasty retreat.

日本公司在20年前大掀收购热潮，在攫取洛克菲勒中心和圆石滩高尔夫球场这些浮华资产后功成身退。

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Maybe you see it as beating a retreat or running away from a challenge.

你可能将其视为一种对挑战的逃避或者是放弃。

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The day ended with a rendition of military musical march The Beating of Retreat.

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Two decades after the Kremlin started beating the retreat from the Soviet empire, a new hegemony, based on pipelines rather than tanks, is advancing and shows every sign of proving durable.

ECONOMIST: An assertive Russia will flex its energy muscles

On this second front, he is beating no retreat.

ECONOMIST: The white heat of Mandelson