Retract

(verb.) use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ).

校对:莫利

• A dark interval of most bitter thought followed this burst; but I did not regret the step taken, nor wish to retract it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Nay, said the Friar, if thou dost retract vows made in favour of holy Church, thou must do penance. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Sometimes he wished that he had never known Eustacia, immediately to retract the wish as brutal. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I hope you do not retract what you then said. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Yet let me a little retract from this sentence I have passed on myself. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Having said that, you will neither hesitate nor retract? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Neither in the Laws, when the daylight of common sense breaks in upon him, does he retract his error. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• I hope it may not,' said the Secretary in a lower voice, 'be the result of the false accusation which has been retracted. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• However, the permission was given, and was never retracted; for when the month was out, Peggotty and I were ready to depart. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• This opinion I can scarce forbear retracting, and condemning from my present feeling and experience. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

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