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

• They watched her slight figure retreating until finally she was swallowed by the darkness.
  他们注视着她纤弱的身影越走越远，最后被黑暗吞没了。
• Technically, they're retreating, but strategically, they're advancing.
  技术上说，他们在撤退，但战略上，他们正在前进。
• This danger was a great one, but the peril of retreating was still greater.
  这一危险很大，但后退的危险则更大。
• The artillery had a field day with the retreating enemy infantry.
  炮兵对撤退中的敌军步兵大发威力。
• 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。
• 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。
• Crowds retreating before police fire hoses.
  面对警方的消防水龙而退却的群众。
• A picked body of men were sent to bring up the rear of the retreating troops.
  一队经挑选的精兵被派去为撤退的部队殿后。
• 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。
• As we were retreating, we came upon a caravan of zerith women and children.
  我们撤退的时候，突袭了一队赛利斯的妇孺。