retract
vt.& vi. 撤回或撤消; 縮回; 縮排
If you retract something that you have said or written, you say that you did not mean it.
Mr Smith hurriedly sought to retract the statement, but it had just been broadcast on national radio...
史密斯先生想趕快收回這項宣告,但它剛剛已經在國家電臺播出了。
He's hoping that if he makes me feel guilty, I'll retract.
他指望著如果他能讓我感到內疚,我就會收回所說的話。
When a part of a machine or a part of a person's body retracts or is retracted, it moves inwards or becomes shorter.
Torn muscles retract, and lose strength, structure, and tightness.
撕裂的肌肉會收縮,喪失原來的力量、結構和緊實度。
...when the aircraft's wheels were retracted.
當飛機的輪子收起來的時候
1. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;
2. pull away from a source of disgust or fear
3. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
4. pull inward or towards a center;
A cat can retract its claws, but a dog can't.
貓的爪子可以縮排去, 但狗不能.
The accused refused to retract ( his statement ).
那被告拒不撤消 ( 其供述 ).
So then it was too late to retract.
但一言既出,駟馬難追.
In winter, male hamsters change colour, their gonads retract and they have no libido.
在冬季, 雄性倉鼠則改變了體色, 縮回性腺、沒有性慾.
Smith urged Ariza to retract his trade request and be patient several times before finally acquiescing.
在阿里扎提出要被交易時,在答應之前,他曾經數次要求對方多加考慮.