| 单词 | withdrawal |
| 释义 | withdrawal (once / 735 pages) n Withdrawal is when you take something out, like making a withdrawal from your bank account. When you announced you were no longer running for president, your withdrawal from the race disappointed your many supporters. Withdrawal is also used to describe the painful experience that results when you stop taking an addictive drug (when you "take it out" of your system). The state of being emotionally detached is called withdrawal. If a country terminates an agreement like a treaty, that's a withdrawal too. Remember that withdrawal ends in "wal" and not just "wl." WORD FAMILYwithdrawal: withdrawals+/withdraw: withdrawal, withdrawer, withdrawing, withdraws, withdrew/withdrawer: withdrawers USAGE EXAMPLESI’ve singed my eyelashes and eyebrows, fallen asleep while smoking, and dreamt of cigarettes—of relapses and flames and bitter withdrawal. The New Yorker(Dec 01, 2016) The carefully calculated transfers of $500 a month to make the money last longer turned into $1,200 to $1,500 monthly withdrawals. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) What if someday both your mother and your father, unbeknownst to one another, made significant withdrawals from your account right before rent was due? Slate(Nov 30, 2016) 1n the act of withdrawing the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam Exp|Hypo|Hyper Dunkerque an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire effacement, self-effacement withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous retreatthe act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant) retirement, retreatwithdrawal for prayer and study and meditation evacuationthe act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection decampmentbreaking camp abandonment, defection, desertionwithdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility pullback(military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops) retreat(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat receding, recessionthe act of becoming more distant medevac, medical evacuation, medivacthe evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care abscondment, decampmentthe act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) absence without leave, unauthorized absenceunauthorized military absence deviationismideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism) disengagement, fallback, pulloutto break off a military action with an enemy departure, going, going away, leaving the act of departing 2n the act of ceasing to participate in an activity Hyper separation the act of dividing or disconnecting 3n a retraction of a previously held position Syn|Hyper backdown, climb-down abjuration, recantation, retraction a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion 4n avoiding emotional involvement Syn|Hyper detachment indifference unbiased impartial unconcern 5n formal separation from an alliance or federation Syn|Hypo|Hyper secession breakaway, breaking away the act of breaking away or withdrawing from separation the act of dividing or disconnecting 6n the act of taking out money or other capital Hypo|Hyper bank withdrawal the withdrawal of money from your account at a bank disinvestmentthe withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation bank runthe concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from a bank because they think it will fail remotion, removal the act of removing 7n the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc. the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood Hyper remotion, removal the act of removing 8n a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation Syn|Hyper coitus interruptus, onanism, pulling out, withdrawal method birth control, birth prevention, family planning limiting the number of children born 9n the termination of drug taking Syn|Hypo|Hyper drug withdrawal cold turkey complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent conclusion, ending, termination the act of ending something |
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