retreat /rɪˈtriːt/ CET4 TEM4 ( retreating, retreated, retreats )

• 1. 

  V-I If you retreat, you move away from something or someone. 退出; 离开

  例：

  "I've already got a job," I said quickly, and retreated from the room.

  “我已经有了工作，”我迅速说道，然后就从房间里退了出来。

• 2. 

  V-I When an army retreats, it moves away from enemy forces in order to avoid fighting them. 撤退

  例：

  The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced to retreat.

  法军在人数上突然处于劣势，被迫撤退了。

• 3. 

  N-VAR Retreat is also a noun. 撤退

  例：

  In June 1942, the British 8th Army was in full retreat.

  1942年6月，英军第8军全线撤退。

• 4. 

  V-I 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

  例：

  She retreated from public life.

  她放弃了社会生活。

• 5. 

  N-VAR Retreat is also a noun. 放弃

  例：

  The president's remarks appear to signal that there will be no retreat from his position.

  总统的话似乎暗示他不会放弃自己的职位。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT A retreat is a quiet, isolated place that you go to in order to rest or to do things in private. 隐居处; 休养处

  例：

  He spent yesterday hidden away in his country retreat.

  他躲在乡间的休养地度过了昨天。