retreat from the battlefield
collocation从战场撤退
The soldiers were ordered to retreat from the battlefield.
士兵们奉命从战场撤退。
撤退;后退
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撤退;后退
To move back or withdraw from a position or place.
The army was forced to retreat after suffering heavy losses.
军队在遭受重大损失后被迫撤退。
从一个位置撤退,返回
To withdraw from a position, go back.
由于普遍温度升高而退缩。(指冰川)
To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures. (of a glacier)
向后倾斜
To slope back.
retreat
Base
原形
retreats
3rd person
第三人称单数
retreating
-ing
现在分词
retreated
Past
过去式
retreated
Past participle
过去分词
They retreat every winter.
他们每年冬天撤退。
The army retreated yesterday.
军队昨天撤退了。
规则动词
She needed some time alone, so she retreated to her bedroom to read.
她需要一些独处的时间,于是躲进卧室看书。
When the argument got too heated, he decided to retreat and calm down.
当争论变得过于激烈时,他决定退让并冷静下来。
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从战场撤退
The soldiers were ordered to retreat from the battlefield.
士兵们奉命从战场撤退。
退隐到乡下
She retreats to the countryside every summer to write.
她每年夏天都退隐到乡下写作。
自我封闭;变得沉默寡言
After losing his job, he retreated into himself.
失业后,他变得沉默寡言。
溃退;狼狈撤退
The enemy troops retreated in disorder.
敌军溃退。
冰川在消退
Many glaciers are retreating because of global warming.
由于全球变暖,许多冰川正在消退。
缩进自己的壳里;变得沉默寡言
After the criticism, he retreated into his shell and stopped sharing ideas.
受到批评后,他缩进自己的壳里,不再分享想法。
逃避现实
She tends to retreat from reality by burying herself in novels.
她倾向于埋头读小说来逃避现实。
退缩;离群索居
When stressed, he retreats into himself and refuses to talk.
压力大时,他会退缩到自己内心,拒绝交谈。
撤退?见鬼!我们不是在撤退,只是在向另一个方向前进。
U.S. Marine General Oliver P. Smith reportedly gave this response during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, refusing to call the withdrawal a retreat.
据传,美国海军陆战队将军奥利弗·P.·史密斯在长津湖战役期间做出了这一回应,拒绝把这次撤离称为撤退。
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想象军队败退时喊“Retreat!”,全体向后撤退;冰川消退、山体后倾也都是这种“后退”的感觉。
语域:neutral 常见场景:military operations、glaciology、topography retreat 作动词时通常属于中性语体,多用于军事撤退、冰川消退和地形倾斜等具体描写;日常口语中也可见“退开、退缩”的引申用法,书面语中更常见。
不及物动词,后接from表示‘从…撤退’,to表示‘撤退到…’,into表示‘躲进…’或‘陷入(沉思等)’
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