beat a retreat

He beat a sheepish retreat.

他窘迫不堪地撤退了。

Its a mystery that has remained unsolved, as in the middle of our exploration we heard the truck door slam outside, and we all beat a hasty retreat out the back so we wouldn't get caught trespassing.

肯定有秘密我们还没发现。我们正在搜寻的时候，听到外面卡车门砰的一声关上了，因为是擅自闯进来的，于是我们赶忙从后门出去了。

He was glad to get away with a mere twenty pounds and he beat a hasty retreat, clutching the precious bottle under his arm.

他庆幸自己只破费了20英镑便得以脱身。他把那宝贵的瓶子放在腋下夹着，溜之大吉。

Then Xiao Wu beat a retreat.

这时小吴打起退堂鼓来了.

The government beat a retreat, canceling the announced rises in food prices.

该政府赶紧收回成命,撤消了业已宣布的食品提价.

With the increase in homework, is beginning to feel powerless and times to beat a retreat.

随着功课的增多, 渐渐感到力不从心,好几次想打退堂鼓.

The thieves beat a hasty retreat the moment they saw the police.

盗贼们一见警察就仓惶而逃.

When they saw the teacher coming, they beat a hasty retreat.

他们看到老师来了, 就赶紧躲开.

Our 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.

Now it is perhaps the positivist's turn to beat a hasty retreat.

现在或许该轮到实证主义法学派来进行反驳了。

As we saw a game keeper coming towards the woods, we beat a hasty retreat.

我们一看到猎场看守员向树林走来时, 就赶紧溜掉.

The burglars beat a hasty retreat when the alarm went off.

小偷一听见警报响了就赶紧逃跑。

Indeed, it was essential to beat a retreat because some twenty natives, armed with bows and slings, appeared barely a hundred paces off, on the outskirts of a thicket that masked the horizon to our right.

果然，我们必须向后退走，因为有二十来个土人，拿着弓箭和投石器，从遮住了右方天际的丛林边缘出来，相距不过一百步左右。

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。

When Li Da and Wang Dingnan got to Matou, they found all the motor vehicles and horse-drawn carriages facing south, ready to beat a retreat.

李达、王定南一到那里，看见所有的汽车、马车都是头向南，准备撤退的。

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.

Donot beat a retreat immediately after you should make another attempt to hit it.

不要一遇到挫折就打退堂鼓,至少应该再试一次.

The cat beat a hasty retreat when he saw the dog coming.

猫看到狗来时,就很快溜之大吉了.

So when he felt the jealousness by Xiang Yu, he decided to beat a temporary retreat in Hanzhong in Shaanxi Province with the title King of Han authorized by Xiang Yu.Liu Bang fostered his force secretly in Hanzhong.

所以当他察觉到项羽的妒忌时，便决定暂时撤回今陕西汉中，并接受项羽封汉王。刘邦在汉中暗中培养他的力量。

The poacher beat a hasty retreat when he see the police come

偷猎者见有警察来到立刻仓皇逃走

Then he beat a retreat, with drooping head, but the last in the field, like a general who has fought well.

于是他低着头退出大厅，可是走在最后，就象一位吃了大败仗的将军。

His youth, which was packing up for departure long before its time, beat a retreat in good order, bursting with laughter, and no one saw anything but fire.

尽管年事不高，青春先萎，他却能且战且退，整军以还，笑声脆劲，在别人看来，火力还是很足的。

Those who have been dismissed and have no means of support will be reinstated and provided with a living. The government beat a retreat, canceling the announced rises in food prices.

已被裁减而生活无着者，收回成命，给以饭吃。该政府赶紧收回成命，撤消了业已宣布的食品提价。

Cockburn decided it was time to beat a hasty retreat.

科伯恩认为到了该紧急撤退的时候了。