[] to say that sth you have said earlier is not true or correct or that you did not mean it撤销，收回（说过的话）◆She declined to retract the comment.她拒绝收回评论。to become, or to make sth become, smaller in amount or value（使）减少，降低（金额或价值）◆Corporate IT spending retracted last year.去年公司的信息技术支出下降了。▸retraction /rɪˈtrækʃn/
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[, ]◆He issued a public retraction of his comments.他发表了一份收回自己的言论的公开声明。◆the huge retraction of corporate investment公司投资的巨额缩减