| 单词 | retract |
| 释义 | retract /rɪtrækt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] 1.to say that sth you have said earlier is not true or correct or that you did not mean it 撤销，收回（说过的话）◆she declined to retract the comment. 她拒绝收回评论。2.to become, or to make sth become, smaller in amount or value （使）减少，降低（金额或价值）◆corporate it spending retracted last year. 去年公司的信息技术支出下降了。 ▸ retraction /rɪtrækʃn/ noun [uncountable, countable] ◆he issued a public retraction of his comments. 他发表了一份收回自己的言论的公开声明。◆the huge retraction of corporate investment 公司投资的巨额缩减☞ retractretract /rɪtrækt/ [transitive] (formal) to say that sth you 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。 ➡ see also retraction → denial note 辨析 withdraw or retract?in many cases you can use either word.在许多情况下这两个词可以通用◆to withdraw / retract a claim / an allegation / a confession撤销声明／说法／供词however, retract is used more often when sb has been forced to say sth (like a false confession) that they did not really mean and wish to give their true opinion; withdraw is used more often when sb has made a claim or accusation against sb that they cannot prove, and is forced to admit that it is not true.不过，某人被迫说了本意不想说的话（如假供词），但希望能说出真实的看法时较常用 retract ；某人作出了针对他人未经证实的断言或指控，被迫承认所言非实时较常用 withdraw。retract/rɪˈtrækt ||; rɪˈtrækt/verb [i,t] (formal 正式) to say that sth you have said is not true 收回，撤回（说过的话）: ◇when he appeared in court, he retracted the confession he had made to the police. 他出庭时，撤回了先前向警方供认的话。 retractsee ⇨ say 5 re·tract /rɪ`trækt; rɪˈtrækt/v [t]to make an official statement saying that something you said earlier is not true ［正式］收回，撤回［说过的话］:◇he later retracted his confession. 他后来推翻了供词。 |
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