Yesterday's vote itself was a retreat from an earlier fallback position.

昨天的投票本身就是从早先的预备立场上的退却。

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Clearly, certain diseases are beating a retreat in the face of medical advances.

很明显，面对医学的进步，某些疾病正在撤退。

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John Canty delivered himself of a furious curse and commanded a retreat; but it was too late.

约翰·康第愤怒地咒骂一声，命令撤退；但为时已晚。

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The others were moved back. They were ordered to get ready for a march west to block Jackson's retreat.

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If you're looking to have an opportunity for a personal reflective... I read this on a retreat last year.

如果你想进行一下自我反省。。。,我去年在度假时读了这本书。

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But the group said it had only made a tactical retreat and had vowed to take it back.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

As I have written before, we are in the midst of a retreat from austerity.

BBC: Will Europe cut its interest rate?

But the government's solution looks to be a retreat into mercantilism, restrained by hints of realism.

ECONOMIST: Argentina��s president

Such a retreat from reform would only damage confidence and cost the region much-needed foreign investment.

CNN: THE LONG, HARD CLIMB BACK UP