汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 退却
退却 (退卻)
to retreat / to shrink back
①军队向后撤退家属们跟随部队一起退却。②畏缩;畏难而退我们应该知难而进,决不能中途退却。
退 tuì () què
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

败兵仓皇退却

The defeated soldiers retreated pell-mell.

防暴警察靠近,人群就往后退却

As the riot police approached the crowd backed off.

这些溃军只得从战场上匆匆退却

The defeated army had to retreat hastily from the field.

他们决定退却,否则就要受两面夹击。

They decided to retreat lest they would be between two fires.

当敌人退却时我们受命撤出战斗。

As the enemy retreated, we were ordered to disengage.

告诉你,它是不会退却,也不会停步的。

I tell thee it never retreats, and never stops.

听到有人走近时,她得强迫自己不要退却

She had to force herself to stand her ground when she heard someone approaching.

他不是一个想退却的人,倒是一个宁愿应战的人。

He was not one to retreat but rather one who would take up the gauntlet.

锌铅矿在1990年关闭后,一条临近的冰河不断退却

A glacier next to a nearby zinc and lead mine has retreated since the site closed in 1990.

昨天的投票本身就是从早先的预备立场上的退却

Yesterday's vote itself was a retreat from an earlier fallback position.