retreat是什么意思_retreat怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy"s superior forces or after a defeat;"the disorderly retreat of French troops"

a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

(military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

(military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

an area where you can be alone

withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation;"the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity"

the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

Verb:

pull back or move away or backward;"The enemy withdrew"
"The limo pulled away from the curb"

move away, as for privacy;"The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

move back;"The glacier retrogrades"

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;"We"ll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"
"He backed out of his earlier promise"
"The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

中英词源

retreat 撤退，撤退，退避

re-,向后，往回，treat,拉，处理，词源同 tract.即回拉，引申词义撤退，退离。

retreat: retreat: [14] Retreat and retract [15] are ultimately the same word. Both go back to Latin retrahere ‘draw back’, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back’ and trahere ‘draw, pull’ (source of English tractor). This passed into Old French as retraire, and its past participle retrait came to be used as a noun meaning ‘withdrawal’ – whence English retreat. Meanwhile the past participle of retrahere, retractus, had been used as the basis of a new Latin verb, retractāre, which passed into English via Old French retracter as retract.
=> contract, distract, retract, tractor
retreat (n.): c. 1300, "a step backward;" late 14c., "act of retiring or withdrawing; military signal for retiring from action or exercise," from Old French retret, noun use of past participle of retrere "draw back," from Latin retrahere "draw back, withdraw, call back," from re- "back" (see re-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)). Meaning "place of seclusion" is from early 15c.; sense of "establishment for mentally ill persons" is from 1797. Meaning "period of retirement for religious self-examination" is from 1756.
retreat (v.): early 15c., "to draw in, draw back, leave the extremities," from retreat (n.) and in part from Old French retret, past participle of retrere. Meaning "to fall back from battle" is mid-15c. Related: Retreated; retreating.

词态变化

第三人称单数 retreats;
过去式 retreated;
过去分词 retreated;
现在分词 retreating;

权威造句

1. In June 1942, the British 8th Army was in full retreat.: 1942年6月,英国第八军全面撤退.

2. 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.

3. Their soldiers had to retreat ignominiously after losing hundreds of lives.: 损失数百人之后，他们的士兵被迫灰溜溜地撤退。

4. Yesterday"svote itself was a retreat from an earlier fallback position.: 昨天的投票本身就是放弃先前所留退路的做法。

5. 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。

近反义词

depart

escape

leave

retire

withdraw

departure

flight

privacy

retirement

相似短语

in retreat 隐居,隐退

retreat into vt.退却到,眼睛下陷

velocity of retreat 排流流速

safe retreat 【法】收容所, 救济所, 庇护所

strategic retreat 战略撤退

be beyond retreat 没有后退的可能

bituminous retreat 二次沥青处理

to advance and retreat 进退

retreat from v. 放弃,退出

go into retreat 进入静修状态

单词分析

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记忆方法

1、retrahere "draw back" => retrere "draw back" => retret "draw back" => retreat.
2、re- "back" + treat-.

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