retreat

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

"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

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

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

She retreated from public life. 她放弃了社会生活。

5. N-VAR Retreat is also a noun. 放弃

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

He spent yesterday hidden away in his country retreat. 他躲在乡间的休养地度过了昨天。