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| 1 | C a peaceful and private place where you can go in order to rest 退隐处；静居处；休养处 |
| Surrounded by beautiful countryside, it is an ideal rural retreat. 这里四周都是美丽的乡村，是一个理想的乡下休养处。 |
| | 1a | C/U the period of time you spend resting in a peaceful and private place 退隐；静居；休养 | | Built into her schedule will be weekend retreats. 周末静养将列入她的日程表。 | |
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| 2 | C/U an attempt to avoid a dangerous , unpleasant , or embarrassing situation , especially by moving away from it 撤退；退却；退缩 |
| the Prince’ s temporary retreat from the public gaze 王子对人们对他的关注的暂时躲避 |
| beat a (hasty) retreat (=leave very quickly) At the end of the dance Maggie thanked him and beat a hasty retreat back to her friends. 快速撤退 |
| | 2a | an army’ s movement away from a position because of danger or defeat 撤军；撤兵 | | Napoleon’ s retreat from Moscow in 1813 拿破仑1813年从莫斯科的撤军 | | sound the retreat (=give an official signal to an army to move away) General Hawkes sounded the retreat. 发出撤退信号 | |
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| 3 | C/U a change in a person’ s or organization’ s ideas, opinion , or decision after they have been criticized or opposed （主意、观点、决定的）改变： |
| +from This represents a retreat from the Chancellor’ s usual policies. 这意味着总理常规政策的转变。 |
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