English Dictionary

cede the field

動詞

広義 慣用表現

(military) To withdraw from a military confrontation; to yield control of a battlefield to one's opponent.

日本語の意味

戦闘から退却する、または敵に戦場の制圧権を譲る / 戦況を譲り、敵に戦場の支配を許す

When their flanks were turned, the general decided to cede the field to preserve his remaining troops.

側面が突破されたとき、将軍は残存部隊を温存するために戦闘から撤退することを決めた。

意味（1）

(military) To withdraw from a military confrontation; to yield control of a battlefield to one's opponent.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) To withdraw from any confrontational or potentially confrontational situation; to avoid participating in a competition or contest.

In some smokestack industries—steel, machine tools and especially cars—the choice was to raise productivity and quality a lot or cede the field to the competition, as American companies did in consumer electronics.

cedes the field （ present singular third-person ）

ceding the field （ participle present ）

ceded the field （ participle past ）

ceded the field （ past ）