lick one's wounds

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat; to recuperate. idiomatic
    — Prevented by internal and external influences, this ideal of placing the sovereignty in the hands of the people was not carried out immediately after the establishment of the Republic of China. With the changes of time, particularly with the relocation of the ROC government to Taiwan, we have gradually carried it out at last, but only after having licked our wounds and built our strength for forty years.

词形变化

licks one's wounds present,singular,third-person licking one's wounds participle,present licked one's wounds participle,past licked one's wounds past
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