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 with·drawn /wɪðˈdrɔn, wɪθ-/
 (a.)沈默寡言的

 With·draw v. t. [imp. Withdrew p. p. Withdrawn p. pr. & vb. n. Withdrawing.]
 1. To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like.
    Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything.   --Hooker.
 2. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.

 withdrawn
      See withdraw

 withdraw
      v 1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew";
           "The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: retreat, pull
           away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move
           back]
      2: withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
         [syn: retire]
      3: release from something that holds fast, connects, or
         entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his
         influence"; "disengage the gears" [syn: disengage] [ant:
          engage]
      4: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires";
         "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
         [syn: recall, call in, call back]
      5: take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [syn:
         swallow, take back, unsay]
      6: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study
         to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequester, sequestrate]
      7: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking
         off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat";
         "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the
         table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine
         withdraws heat from the environment" [syn: remove, take,
          take away]
      8: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch";
         "The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, retire]
      9: retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could
         no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" [syn: bow
         out]
      10: remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew
          $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical
          supplies from the hospital's emergency bank" [syn: draw,
           take out, draw off] [ant: deposit]
      11: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
          [syn: retire]
      12: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;
          "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He
          backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive
          investment company pulled in its horns" [syn: retreat,
          pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish
          out, pull in one's horns]
      [also: withdrew, withdrawn]

 withdrawn
      adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial
             reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive]
      2: tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man"
         [syn: indrawn]