Retreat

[rɪ'triːt] or [rɪ'trit]

解釋/意思:

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

(noun.) (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'.

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

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

(noun.) a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) move away, as for privacy; 'The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer'.

欧文校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

(n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.

(n.) The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.

(n.) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.

(n.) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.

(n.) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.

(n.) A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat.

(v. i.) To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Departure, withdrawal.[2]. Retirement, seclusion, privacy.[3]. Asylum, refuge, shelter.[4]. Haunt, resort, den.

v. n. [1]. Withdraw, retire, give way.[2]. Recede, fall back, take the back track.

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同義詞及反義詞：

[See REPLY_and_RETALIATE]

SYN:Retirement, departure, withdrawal, seclusion, solitude, privacy, asylum,shelter, refuge, recess,[See RETIRE]

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解釋/意思:

n. a drawing back or retracing one's steps: retirement: place of privacy: withdrawal: a place of security: a shelter: (mil.) the act of retiring in order from before the enemy or from an advanced position: the signal for retiring from an engagement or to quarters: a special season of religious meditation.—v.i. to draw back: to recede: to consider: to retire esp. to a place of shelter: to retire before an enemy or from an advanced position: in fencing to move back so as to avoid the point of the adversary's sword: to slope back as a retreating forehead.—ns. Retreat′er; Retreat′ment.

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