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retract

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Related topics: Animals, Mechanical
re·tract /rɪˈtrækt/ verb formal  
1 [transitiveT]SAY/STATE if you retract something that you said or agreed, you say that you did not mean it 收回,撤销〔已说的话或已答应的事〕 SYN withdraw
 He confessed to the murder but later retracted his statement.
他承认谋杀,但后来又翻供了。
2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HBATEM if part of a machine or an animal’s body retracts or is retracted, it moves back into the main part (使)缩回,(使)缩入
 The sea otter can retract the claws on its front feet.
海獭能缩回前掌上的爪子。
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From Longman Business Dictionary
retractre·tract /rɪˈtrækt/ verb [transitiveT]
1FINANCE if a company retracts bonds, shares etc, it takes them off the market by buying them back from investorsSYN RETIRE
It will use its credit line to retract C$53.3 million in preferred shares.
2to make an official statement saying that something you said earlier is not true
A key witness hasretracted histestimony (=a statement in a law court) a year after the conviction.
retraction noun [countableC, uncountableU]
The retraction of its preferred shares will be completed as scheduled.
Some newspapers ran retractions of stories they had printed.
Origin retract
(1400-1500) Latin past participle of retrahere to pull back, from trahere to pull
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