retreating
present participle ofretreat
| 单词 | retreating |
| 释义 | retreating present participle ofretreat retreat verb uk/rɪˈtriːt/us/rɪˈtriːt/retreatverb(POSITION)C2[Ioften+ adv/prep] to go away from aplaceorpersoninordertoescapefromfightingordanger: Attacks byenemyaircraftforcedthetanksto retreat (fromthecity). When she came towards meshouting, I retreated (behind mydesk). to go backwards
C2[I] to go to aquietsafeplaceinordertoavoidadifficultsituation: When he's done somethingwrong, he retreatstohisbedroom.
Responding to an attack
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Running away and escaping retreatverb(DECISION)[Ioften+ adv/prep] todecidenot to do something, or tostopbelievingsomething, because itcausestoo manyproblems: Thegovernmentis retreatingfromitspromises. Changing your mind
retreatverb(PRICE)[I] If apriceretreats, it goes down after it has gone up: Wheatpricesretreated after a two-dayincrease. Becoming and making smaller or less
Examplesofretreatingretreating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It is the biological equivalent of theretreatingglaciers and ice shelves, and yet to unravel its complexities can take a lifetime's work. From theCambridge English Corpus Global warming sparks scramble for black gold underretreatingice. From theCambridge English Corpus Physically, this would correspond to transition from aretreatingto an advancing saturation front. From theCambridge English Corpus Evolution ofretreatingsubduction boundaries formed during continental collision. From theCambridge English Corpus To her, the increasingly guilty pleasure she took inretreatinginto her own imaginary world and characters was a form of false worship. From theCambridge English Corpus They believe that such terms can only stand for internal mechanisms; a behaviorist who uses them must therefore beretreatingfrom behaviorism. From theCambridge English Corpus Middle-class residents were anxious to demarcate themselves from the working class, and sought to do so byretreatinginto private suburban domesticity. From theCambridge English Corpus Following - the subject followed aretreatingopponent with the nose maintained close to the opponent's anogenital region. From theCambridge English Corpus However, having gone down a column, "retreating" upward no longer reduces the political visibility. From theCambridge English Corpus In exploration, he advances, fixating the stimulus, just as he does if, afterretreating, he regains courage and pursues the object. From theCambridge English Corpus Retreatingtextures elicited strong initial activity that declined to baseline levels before movement ceased. From theCambridge English Corpus In the meantime, states have gradually beenretreatingfrom the social responsibilities that characterized their early populist development. From theCambridge English Corpus This view does not produce a solution to the problem byretreatingto describing subjective rationality. From theCambridge English Corpus The edge which moves with the flow is called the 'retreatingedge' (the right-hand edge in the figure), the other edge is the 'advancing edge'. From theCambridge English Corpus The male partner is sometimes prevented from mating by the female partnerretreatinginto its shell. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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