retreating

英 [rɪˈtriːtɪŋ]

美 [rɪˈtriːtɪŋ]

v.  退却; 撤退; 离开; 离去; 退去; 后退; (由于批评或环境过于恶劣)改变主意，退缩
retreat的现在分词

现在分词：retreating　

化学

BNC.19968 / COCA.19270

柯林斯词典

• VERB 退避;后退;离开
  If youretreat, you move away from something or someone.
  1. 'I've already got a job,' I said quickly, and retreated from the room...
     “我已经有了一份工作。”我马上说道，并从房间里退了出来。
  2. The young nurse pulled a face at the Matron's retreating figure.
     看着护士长离去的身影，这个年轻的护士做了个鬼脸。
• VERB (军队)撤退，退却
  When an armyretreats, it moves away from enemy forces in order to avoid fighting them.
  1. The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced to retreat...
     人数突然处于劣势的法军被迫撤退。
  2. Retreating soldiers were dousing homes and shops with petrol and setting them on fire.
     撤退的士兵把汽油浇到住宅和商店上，并放火焚烧。
  3. Retreatis also a noun.
     
  4. In June 1942, the British 8th Army was in full retreat.
     1942年6月，英国第八军全面撤退。
• VERB 放弃，远离（计划、生活方式等）；从…中隐退
  If youretreat fromsomething such as a plan or a way of life, you give it up, usually in order to do something safer or less extreme.
  1. I believe people should live in houses that allow them to retreat from the harsh realities of life...
     我认为人们所居住的房子应该能让他们远离残酷的现实生活。
  2. From bouncing confidence she had retreated into self-pity.
     她从信心百倍变得自怜自哀。
  3. Retreatis also a noun.
     
  4. The President's remarks appear to signal that there will be no retreat from his position...
     总统的言辞似乎在暗示他不会主动辞职。
  5. 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。
• N-COUNT 隐居地;静养所
  Aretreatis a quiet, isolated place that you go to in order to rest or to do things in private.
  1. He spent yesterday hidden away in his country retreat.
     他昨天躲在了他乡下的静养地。
• PHRASE 匆匆离开;仓皇撤退
  If youbeat a retreat, you leave a place quickly in order to avoid an embarrassing or dangerous situation.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• What could have caused the glacier snouts to have stopped retreating?
  是什么引起了冰川末端停止缩退呢？
• Retreating soldiers were dousing homes and shops with petrol and setting them on fire.
  撤退的士兵把汽油浇到住宅和商店上，并放火焚烧。
• A guilty look; the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy-Eric Linklater.
  内疚的表情；撤退中的敌人那惭愧、羞耻的样子&埃里克·林克莱特。
• And the German police are retreating from the area.
  德国警察开始从那个地区撤退。
• Economists said factory activity and prices were retreating from very elevated levels.
  经济学家们表示，工厂活动和价格正从严重高企的水平回落。
• These last days he had followed the retreating soldiers, bathed in sweat from head to foot.
  这些日子了，他随着兵们跑，汗从头上一直流到脚后跟。
• Paramilitaries retreating to the south.
  预备军向南边撤退了。
• In desperation, he watched his father's back retreating in the dark.
  他绝望地看着他父亲的背影消失在黑暗中。
• He exclaimed, retreating to the farther corner of his cell.
  他喊了一声，退回到地窖最远的那个角落里。
• Shock troops were sent to hang on the rear of the retreating enemy.
  突击部队被派去跟踪追击撤退之敌。