beat a hasty retreat
基本解释
- 紧急撤退
英汉例句
- The point of the scary frill is to give the lizard enough time to beat a hasty retreat, rocketing up the nearest arboreal loft.
恐吓皱褶的目的是给蜥蜴足够的时间仓皇撤退，窜入最近的树丛中。 - Don't beat a hasty retreat, and don't leave the building; tell your abuser that you're late for an appointment with HR, for example.
别匆忙撤退，也别离开办公楼；告诉你的恶霸，你有约会，比如，和HR的约会，要晚了。 - Although the polar bear did not exactly beat a hasty retreat, it came no further inland after encountering the hostile 'welcoming' committee and shuffled off elsewhere.
北极熊没有马上打退堂鼓，在碰到充满敌意的“欢迎”委员会后，它摇摆着去了别处，没有深入岛内。 - Oil prices beat a hasty retreat Monday, as the dollar firmed up and the prospect of diplomatic talks with Iran soothed fears of a military strike.
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