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retreat n./v.撤退；隐居处 retreat (n.) c.1300, "a step backward;" late 14c., "act of retiring or withdrawing; military signal for retiring from action or exercise," from Old French retret, noun use of past participle of retrere "draw back," from Latin retrahere "draw back, withdraw, call back," from re- "back" (see re-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)). Meaning "place of seclusion" is from early 15c.; sense of "establishment for mentally ill persons" is from 1797. Meaning "period of retirement for religious self-examination" is from 1756.retreat (v.) early 15c., "to draw in, draw back, leave the extremities," from retreat (n.) and in part from Old French retret, past participle of retrere. Meaning "to fall back from battle" is mid-15c. Related: Retreated; retreating. 【记】近于retract；re回 + 音：撤退；他treat请了我一次，是场盛宴。我说，你re再treat一次吧,结果他撤了，不知隐藏到哪去了；

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[ri'tri:t] 【英】 n./v. 撤退(withdrawal of troops)；隐居(a place of privacy or safety; refuge)【考】 反义词：incursion( 入侵)【记】 re(回)+treat(=tract 拉)→拉回，撤退【例】 force the enemy to retreat/retreating eyes(凹陷的眼睛) n. /v. (从危险的、可怕的或令人不快的事物中)撤退; 隐居【记】re反, treat = tract拉－拉回－撤退【反】incursion(n 袭击; 侵入)

单词	retreat
音标	[ri'tri:t]
解释	n./v.撤退；隐居处
红宝书	【英】 n./v. 撤退(withdrawal of troops)；隐居(a place of privacy or safety; refuge) 【考】反义词：incursion( 入侵) 【记】 re(回)+treat(=tract 拉)→拉回，撤退【例】 force the enemy to retreat/retreating eyes(凹陷的眼睛)
字源	retreat (n.) c.1300, "a step backward;" late 14c., "act of retiring or withdrawing; military signal for retiring from action or exercise," from Old French retret, noun use of past participle of retrere "draw back," from Latin retrahere "draw back, withdraw, call back," from re- "back" (see re-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)). Meaning "place of seclusion" is from early 15c.; sense of "establishment for mentally ill persons" is from 1797. Meaning "period of retirement for religious self-examination" is from 1756. retreat (v.) early 15c., "to draw in, draw back, leave the extremities," from retreat (n.) and in part from Old French retret, past participle of retrere. Meaning "to fall back from battle" is mid-15c. Related: Retreated; retreating.
不择手段背单词	n. /v. (从危险的、可怕的或令人不快的事物中)撤退; 隐居【记】re反, treat = tract拉－拉回－撤退【反】incursion(n 袭击; 侵入)
趣味全助记	【记】近于retract；re回 + 音：撤退；他treat请了我一次，是场盛宴。我说，你re再treat一次吧,结果他撤了，不知隐藏到哪去了；

Retreat Meaning N Retiring French Retret Past Participle