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retraction

美音:[rıt´rækʃən ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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retraction为短语/超纲词汇

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tract,treat=to draw(拉曳)

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retraction


/rɪ'trækʃn; rɪ`trækʃən/
n
(a) [U] retracting 撤回; 撤消; 缩回; 拉入.
(b) [C] instance of this 撤回; 撤消; 缩回; 拉入
*publish a retraction of the charge 宣布撤回指控.

retraction


n formal
[C]
an official statement that something which you said previously is not true
retraction of
 The newspaper was forced to publish a retraction of its allegations.
[U]
the act of pulling one part of something back inside the main part