亚洲网紅露点

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retract

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[ ri-trakt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to draw back or in:

    to retract fangs.



verb (used without object)

  1. to draw back within itself or oneself, fold up, or the like, or to be capable of doing this:

    The blade retracts.

retract

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[ ri-trakt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

  2. to withdraw or revoke (a decree, promise, etc.).

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

verb (used without object)

  1. to draw or shrink back.
  2. to withdraw a promise, vow, etc.
  3. to make a disavowal of a statement, opinion, etc.; recant.

retract

/ 藢ri藧tr忙k藞te瑟蕛蓹n; r瑟藞tr忙kt /

verb

  1. tr to draw in (a part or appendage)

    a snail can retract its horns

    to retract the landing gear of an aircraft

  2. to withdraw (a statement, opinion, charge, etc) as invalid or unjustified
  3. to go back on (a promise or agreement)
  4. intr to shrink back, as in fear
  5. phonetics to modify the articulation of (a vowel) by bringing the tongue back away from the lips
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 谤别藞迟谤补肠迟补产濒别, adjective
  • 谤别藞迟谤补肠迟颈惫别, adjective
  • retractation, noun
  • 谤别藢迟谤补肠迟补藞产颈濒颈迟测, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 谤别路迟谤补肠迟顎僡路产濒别 谤别路迟谤补肠迟顎僫路产濒别 adjective
  • 谤别路迟谤补肠迟顎卆路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 谤别路迟谤补肠迟顎卛路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 noun
  • 谤别路迟谤补肠路迟补路迟颈辞苍 [ree-trak-, tey, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • un顎叞鹇烦侔钩Τ兕僡路产濒别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of retract1

1400鈥50; late Middle English retracten < Latin retractus, past participle of retrahere to draw back, equivalent to re- re- + tractus ( tract 1 )

Origin of retract2

1535鈥45; < Latin 谤别迟谤补肠迟腻谤别 to reconsider, withdraw, equivalent to re- re- + 迟谤补肠迟腻谤别 to drag, pull, take in hand (frequentative of trahere to pull)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of retract1

C16: from Latin 谤别迟谤补肠迟腻谤别 to withdraw, from 迟谤补肠迟腻谤别 to pull, from trahere to drag
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In a tumultuous series of announcements, the administration has raised, lowered, delayed and retracted tariffs in response to ongoing trade negotiations and stock market reaction.

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"There are papers now, already, that had been published and then retracted, because it turned out that what we thought was a really cool thing was just another satellite."

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The paper has been retracted by the Lancet, 10 of its 12 authors have disavowed its findings, and Wakefield was stripped of his medical license in the U.K.

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The defendants also allegedly refused Morley鈥檚 October 2024 request that they 鈥渞etract their false and defamatory statements.鈥

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Later, it was retracted by Nature, the journal that published it after a report from independent experts put the findings under more intense scrutiny.

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