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retract

verb
🔊/rɪˈtrækt/
🔊/rɪˈtrækt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they retract
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he / she / it retracts
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past simple retracted
🔊/rɪˈtræktɪd/
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past participle retracted
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-ing form retracting
🔊/rɪˈtræktɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] retract something (formal) to say that something you have 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。🔊🔊
    • They tried to persuade me to retract my words.他们试图说服我收回我的话。🔊🔊
    • to retract a claim/an allegation/a confession撤回要求/指控/供认
  2. [transitive] retract something (formal) to refuse to keep an agreement, a promise, etc.撤回，收回（协议、承诺等）
    • to retract an offer撤销提议
    Topics Discussion and agreementc2
  3. [intransitive, transitive] (specialist) to move back into the main part of something; to pull something back into the main part of something缩回；拉回
    • The animal retracted into its shell.这只动物缩回到自己的壳里。🔊🔊
    • The undercarriage failed to retract.起落架未能缩回。
    • retract something The undercarriage was fully retracted.起落架被完全收起。🔊🔊
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin retract- ‘drawn back’, from the verb retrahere (from re- ‘back’ + trahere ‘drag’); the senses ‘withdraw (a statement)’ and ‘go back on’ via Old French from retractare ‘reconsider’ (based on trahere ‘drag’).