safe retreat meaning in English
收容所, 救济所, 庇护所
Examples
- That the most i cou d suggest any danger from , was , from any such casual accidental landing of straggling people from the main , who , as it was likely if they were driven hither , were here against their wills ; so they made no stay here , but went off again with all possible speed , seldom staying one night on shore , least they should not have the help of the tides , and day - light back again ; and that therefore i had nothing to do but to consider of some safe retreat , in case i should see any savages land upon the spot
他们是被逆风刮过来的，上岛完全是出于不得已，所以他们也不愿留下来，上岛后只要可能就尽快离开，很少在岛上过夜。否则的话，潮水一退，天色黑了，他们要离岛就困难了。所以，现在我只要找到一条安全的退路，一看到野人上岸就躲起来，别的事情就用不着操心了。 - I car d not to drive a nail , or chop a stick of wood now , for fear the noise i should make should be heard ; much less would i fire a gun , for the same reason ; and above all , i was intollerably uneasy at making any fire , least the smoke which is visible at a great distance in the day should betray me ; and for this reason i remov d that part of my business which requir d fire ; such as burning of pots , and pipes , etc . into my new apartment in the woods , where after i had been some time , i found to my unspeakable consolation , a meer natural cave in the earth , which went in a vast way , and where , i dare say , no savage , had he been at the mouth of it , would be so hardy as to venture in , nor indeed , would any man else ; but one who like me , wanted nothing so much as a safe retreat
结果，后来的事实证明，如果我们当初走了我们自己想走的路，或者走了我们心目中认为应该走的路，我们则早已陷于万劫不复的境地。反复思索之后，我自己定下了一条规矩：每当自己心里出现这种神秘的暗示或冲动，指示我应做什么或不应做什么，我就坚决服从这种神秘的指示，尽管我不知道为什么该这么做或该这么走，我知道的只是心里的这种暗示或冲动。在我一生中，可以找出许许多多这样的例子，由于我遵循了这种暗示或冲动而获得了成功，尤其是我流落到这个倒霉的荒岛上以后的生活，更证明了这一点。