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1. 退避;后退;离开
If you retreat, you move away from something or someone.

2. (军队)撤退，退却
When an army retreats, it moves away from enemy forces in order to avoid fighting them.

3. 放弃，远离（计划、生活方式等）；从…中隐退
If you retreat from something such as a plan or a way of life, you give it up, usually in order to do something safer or less extreme.

4. 隐居地;静养所
A retreat is a quiet, isolated place that you go to in order to rest or to do things in private.

5. 匆匆离开;仓皇撤退
If you beat a retreat, you leave a place quickly in order to avoid an embarrassing or dangerous situation.

1. the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

2. withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation

e.g. the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity

Synonym: retirement

3. (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat

e.g. the disorderly retreat of French troops

4. an area where you can be alone

Synonym: hideaway

5. (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

6. (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

7. a place of privacy
a place affording peace and quiet