美 [biːt ərɪˈtriːt]
撤退：指在战斗或竞争中迅速撤离或退却。
放弃，退却：指在面对困难或挑战时放弃继续努力或追求。
depart hastily
发出撤退信号；退却；鸣金收兵
... as poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗 VOA流行美语 坚持到底勇敢尝试 beat a retreat 打退堂鼓 ...
... retreat 撤退，指大规模的撤退 beat a retreat 溜走 clutching 现在分词做伴随状况状语 ...
... beach retreat 海滩后退; 滩地后退 beat a retreat 撤退, 放弃 beating retreat 鸣金收兵 ...
... [ draught ] 过堂风 [ back out;beat a retreat;draw in one's horn ] 古时官吏退堂时要击鼓。比喻做事时畏难退缩 [ cathedral ] 任何非主教座堂的规模大的教堂或重要教堂 ...
Who wants to beat a retreat?
谁退缩了？
There appeared an emergency in front. We must beat a retreat immediately.
前方遇到紧急情况，我们必须马上回撤。
Our family beat a retreat back to the sofa as if chased by enemy soldiers.
象被敌兵追赶似的，我们一家人又撤回到了沙发上。
Disney beat a retreat.
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His successor, Michael Howard, beat a humiliating retreat on performance-related pay after the police staged a mass 20, 000-strong protest rally at Wembley Stadium.
Will you beat a strategic retreat if your good cause suddenly becomes tarnished?