知识扩展
相关变形拓展
复数:retreats→三单:retreats→过去式:retreated→过去分词:retreated→现在分词:retreating→名词:retreat(撤退;隐居处)→复数:retreats→相关短语:retreat from(从……撤退)→近义词:withdraw(撤退);retire(退隐)→反义词:advance(前进)
易混词辨析
retire、withdraw、advance、retreat vs retreat
1. retreat:动词 / 名词 “撤退;退避”(搭配 “retreat from the battlefield;a strategic retreat”),侧重 “因危险 / 压力主动后退”;
2. retire:动词 “退休;退下”(如 “retire at 60;retire to bed”),与 retreat 区别:retire 侧重 “正常退出(退休 / 休息)”,retreat 侧重 “被迫 / 战略撤退”(retire from work “退休”,retreat from war “撤军”);
3. withdraw:动词 “撤回;退出”(近义,如 “withdraw money;withdraw from the meeting”),与 retreat 区别:withdraw 范围更广(可指 “撤钱 / 退出会议”),retreat 仅指 “空间 / 战场撤退”;
4. advance:动词 “前进”(反义词,如 “advance towards the enemy”)。
动词辨析
以下这些动词均包含"退下,退却"的意思
retire:指从公开或公共场合退下到私下场所,也指被免除职务或自动辞职、退役等。
retreat:含消极意味,多指被迫采取退下或退却的行动。
withdraw:侧重因某种原因而有意离开,常含礼貌、谦恭等理由。也指军队的撤退。
精选例句
1、 The French,suddenly outnumbered,were forced to retreat.
法军在人数上突然处于劣势,被迫撤退了。
来源:秒词邦搜集整理
2、 The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced to retreat.
法军在人数上突然处于劣势,被迫撤退了。
来源:《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
1、 Instead of working 2-3 jobs, launching a business, or doing what it takes to succeed, they retreat.
他们放弃了做2-3份工作、创业或做成功所需的事情,而是选择了退缩。
来源:2014年月6份第3套题[阅读选择题]
1、 ""All the lagoons join when the lake is high and fish must retreat to their stream refuges or die.
当湖水涨高时,所有的泻湖都会汇合,鱼必须撤退到它们的溪流避难所,否则就会死亡。
来源:2017年12月六级第3套阅读选择题
1、 Gottman really wants to assess whether a couple will stay together, he invites them to his island retreat for a much longer evaluation: two days, not two seconds.
戈特曼真的想评估一对夫妇是否会在一起,他邀请他们到他的岛上度假胜地进行更长的评估:两天,而不是两秒钟。
来源:2013 年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(二)阅读理解题text3
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