retract
verb /rɪˈtrækt/
/rɪˈtrækt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they retract | /rɪˈtrækt/ /rɪˈtrækt/ |
| he / she / it retracts | /rɪˈtrækts/ /rɪˈtrækts/ |
| past simple retracted | /rɪˈtræktɪd/ /rɪˈtræktɪd/ |
| past participle retracted | /rɪˈtræktɪd/ /rɪˈtræktɪd/ |
| -ing form retracting | /rɪˈtræktɪŋ/ /rɪˈtræktɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] retract something (formal) to say that something you have said earlier is not true or correct or that you did not mean it
撤销，收回（说过的话） - He made a false confession which he later retracted.
他作了假供词，后来又翻供。 - They tried to persuade me to retract my words.
他们试图说服我收回我的话。 - to retract a claim/an allegation/a confession
撤回索赔/指控/供词
- He made a false confession which he later retracted.
- [transitive] retract something (formal) to refuse to keep an agreement, a promise, etc.
撤回，收回（协议、承诺等） - to retract an offer
撤销提议
- to retract an offer
- [intransitive, transitive] (specialist) to move back into the main part of something; to pull something back into the main part of something
缩回；拉回 - The animal retracted into its shell.
这只动物缩回到自己的壳里。 - The undercarriage failed to retract.
底盘未能缩回。 - retract something The undercarriage was fully retracted.
起落架被完全收起。
- The animal retracted into its shell.
词源late Middle English: from Latin retract- ‘drawn back’, from the verb retrahere (from re- ‘back’ + trahere ‘drag’); the senses ‘withdraw (a statement)’ and ‘go back on’ via Old French from retractare ‘reconsider’ (based on trahere ‘drag’).