retraction
美音:
[rıt´rækʃən
]英音:
[rıt´rækʃən
]n.收回
难易程度:
retraction为短语/超纲词汇
词根
tract,treat=to draw(拉曳)
近义词, 同义词
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