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退却
tuì què
Meaning
- to retreat
- to shrink back
Definition
撤退；后退；畏缩。
to retreat; to withdraw; to flinch.
Usage
用于军事上指军队撤退，也可用于比喻在困难或危险面前退缩、畏缩不前。
Used in military context to refer to troops retreating, and metaphorically to describe flinching or shrinking back in the face of difficulties or dangers.
Examples
- 1 敌军在炮火下被迫退却。 (The enemy troops were forced to retreat under artillery fire.)
- 2 面对挑战，他从不退却。 (He never backs down in the face of challenges.)
- 3 谈判中双方都退却了一步，达成了协议。 (Both sides made concessions in the negotiations and reached an agreement.)
- 4 洪水退却后，人们开始重建家园。 (After the flood receded, people began to rebuild their homes.)
- 5 在困难面前，我们不能退却，必须坚持到底。 (In the face of difficulties, we must not retreat; we must persist to the end.)
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