retreat

单词辨析:

retire evacuate retreat withdraw 【导航词义:撤退;离开】
retire v. 退出,退休; [正式]离开
〔辨析〕

指退职、退役、退休、因伤退出比赛等;也指离开去某个僻静之处。

〔例证〕

He has no plans to retire as chief editor of the magazine.

他还不打算从杂志总编辑的位置上退下来。

She retired from teaching at 65.

她65岁从教师岗位上退休。

He retired to his room to call her.

他躲进自己的房间给她打电话。

He had to retire with a knee injury in the first half.

他上半场因膝部受伤只得退赛。

evacuate v. 撤出,撤离
〔辨析〕

指把人从危险地区疏散、撤空。

〔例证〕

The villagers were evacuated because of flood.

因为洪水泛滥,村民们被全部撤离。

The soldiers were evacuated from the front.

士兵们全部从前线撤退。

retreat v. 撤退,退却;隐退
〔辨析〕

多指因处境危险或被打败而退却,尤指军队撤退,也指避开某人或某物,或从一个地方移到另一个安静的私人场所,常含被迫、不情愿之意。

〔例证〕

They missed the opportunity to attack and had to retreat.

他们错失了进攻时机,只得撤退。

He retreated when he saw her.

他一看到她就躲开了。

She has no choice but to retreat from public life.

她别无选择,只能退出公众生活。

The defeated soldiers had to retreat from the battle.

溃败的士兵只得撤出战斗。

Napoleon's troops had to retreat from Moscow.

拿破仑的部队只得从莫斯科撤退。

withdraw v. 撤退;退出
〔辨析〕

指让部队等撤离某处,或指某人退出活动、组织等,侧重因某种原因而有意或被迫撤退、离开。

〔例证〕

The commander refused to withdraw his troops.

指挥官拒不撤回部队。

The peacekeeping forces were forced to withdraw.

维和部队被迫撤走了。

A bad cold forced him to withdraw from the swimming competition.

重感冒迫使她退出了游泳比赛。

The public protested against the country's decision to withdraw from the European Union.

公众对该国政府的决定提出抗议,反对退出欧盟。

相关例句:

The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced to retreat

人数突然处于劣势的法军被迫撤退。

The enemy's line of retreat was cut off.

敌人的退路已被截断。

They say they will stay to rebuild their homes rather than retreat to refugee camps

他们说他们将留下重建家园而不是躲到难民营里。

The tactics of pretending to cross the river and of making a retreat fooled the enemy.

假装渡河和撤退的战略愚弄了敌人。

'I've already got a job,' I said quickly, and retreated from the room

“我已经有了一份工作。”我马上说道,并从房间里退了出来。

The enemy's retreat left marks of haste.

敌军留下了仓皇退却的痕迹。