| 释义 | retractionre‧trac‧tion /rɪˈtrækʃən/ noun formal    1[countable] an official statement that something which you said previously is not trueretraction ofIf I don't get a retraction, I am going to take legal action.
 A retraction would be broadcast when a new series of the programme begins in January.Crisis never acknowledged my letter or printed a retraction.Flaps were to be left in the down position to facilitate the removal of mud and other debris prior to their retraction.Now, if anyone other than Feels had said this, I would have been on my feet demanding a retraction.Perhaps the brothers had waited in vain for me to make some retraction.There are resultant phasic convergence and retraction of the eyes.Undercarriage retraction and extension is operated via the hydraulic system.
 The newspaper was forced to publish a retraction of its allegations.2[uncountable] the act of pulling one part of something back inside the main part |