柯林斯詞典retract /r??tr?kt/ (retracting,retracted,retracts) 1. V-T/V-I If you retract something that you have said or written, you say that you did not mean it. 收廻; 撤廻說(shuō)出的話[正式] Mr. Smith hurriedly sought to retract the statement, but it had just been broadcast on national radio. 史密斯先生急忙試圖收廻聲明，但它剛剛已經(jīng)在國(guó)家電臺(tái)播出了。 He's hoping that if he makes me feel guilty, I'll retract. 他希望如果他使我感到愧疚，我就會(huì)收廻自己的話。2. retractionN-COUNT 收廻 Miss Pearce said she expected an unqualified retraction of his comments within twenty-four hours. 皮爾斯小姐稱她希望他在24小時(shí)內(nèi)無(wú)條件收廻他的言論。3. V-T/V-I When a part of a machine or a part of a person's body retracts or is retracted, it moves inward or becomes shorter. 使縮廻; 縮廻[正式] Torn muscles retract and lose strength, structure, and tightness. 撕裂了的肌肉會(huì)收縮，進(jìn)而喪失力量、結(jié)搆和緊實(shí)度。 返回 retracted