Retreat

(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'.

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• The shady retreat furnished relief from the garish day to the primitive man, and the opaque shades and Venetian blinds of modern civilization exclude the excess of light at our windows. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• There was no need to confuse our retreat. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• In order to get a start in his retreat he sacrificed his sick and wounded. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The crusaders beleaguered Prague, but failed to take it, and they experienced a series of reverses that ended in their retreat from Bohemia. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• That the oldest had still hopes of living one day longer, and looked on death as the greatest evil, from which nature always prompted him to retreat. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The attack was made, the Mexican reserves behind the works beat a hasty retreat, and those occupying them surrendered. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Where will they retreat to, Tenente? 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Along this road they retreated on the next day, and here was the bank at which the regiment bivouacked under the rain of the night of the seventeenth. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• During the night of the 2d the enemy evacuated Petersburg and Richmond, and retreated towards Danville. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• After burning Chambersburg McCausland retreated, pursued by our cavalry, towards Cumberland. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I did not wait to be ordered back to mine, but retreated unnoticed, as unnoticed I had left it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• They retreated, and, joining others of their companions, still fell back, till they reached the main body. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Good-bye, then, he said, shaking his fist in a rage, and slamming the door by which he retreated. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Those that were not captured retreated, and were pursued. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Slowly the launch drifted round in a pathetic, clumsy circle, and slunk away to the land, retreating into the dimness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• But having committed herself to this line of action there was no retreating for bad weather. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• As their retreating footsteps died away in the distance, I called out softly the Martian word of greeting, kaor. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• I say, all on ye, he said retreating a pace or two back, look at me,--look at me,--look me right in the eye,--_straight_, now! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The bridge was carried quickly, the enemy retreating over it so hastily that many were shoved into the river, and some of them were drowned. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I will not trust to THAT, retreating to her own room. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• The retreating hordes being between friends and pursuers caused the enemy to fire high to avoid killing their own men. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• At last the enemy retreats, and then Smallweed fetches Mr. Jobling up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• If he retreats and you follow, he must lose his material and much of his army. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• One by one the tribe swung down from their arboreal retreats and formed a circle about Tarzan and his vanquished foe. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• New mills, when erected, were provided with this system, and many mills in their quiet retreats everywhere awoke from their drowsy methods and were equipped with the new one. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Mr. Guppy retreats behind a chair. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Without these hospitable retreats, travel in Palestine would be a pleasure which none but the strongest men could dare to undertake. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I tell thee it never retreats, and never stops. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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