back away

英 [bæk əˈweɪ]

美 [bæk əˈweɪ]

后退; 放弃; 退出; （常因害怕等而）后退，退缩

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 放弃；退出
  If youback away froma commitment that you made or something that you were involved with in the past, you try to show that you are no longer committed to it or involved with it.
  1. The company backed away from plans to cut their pay by 15%...
     公司放弃了给他们降薪15%的计划。
  2. He's backing away from the policies and style of his predecessor...
     他正脱离其前任的政策和风格。
  3. Until yesterday, Britain had backed away because it didn't like the cost.
     直到昨天，英国还因为成本太高而却步。
• PHRASAL VERB （常因害怕等而）后退，退缩
  If youback away, you walk backwards away from someone or something, often because you are frightened of them.
  1. James got to his feet and started to come over, but the girls hastily backed away.
     詹姆斯起身走过来，但是女孩子们却连忙后退。

英英释义

verb

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
  1. We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him
  2. He backed out of his earlier promise
  3. The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns
  Synonym:retreatpull backback outcrawfishcrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw

双语例句

• Until yesterday, Britain had backed away because it didn't like the cost.
  直到昨天，英国还因为成本太高而却步。
• They would clap when they saw me and then back away cautiously.
  他们看到我时会鼓掌，然后再小心翼翼地退后。
• He refused to back away from his position.
  他拒绝放弃自己的立场。
• Stand still or back away slowly until the dog leaves.
  站在原地不动或慢慢后退，直到它离开。
• But like the human traders of yesterday, the machines can and do back away if markets are disrupted.
  但与以前的人类交易员一样，如果市场紊乱，机器可能、而且的确也会靠不住。
• There would be pressure on the dollar, as investors back away from buying Treasury debt.
  这将对美元构成压力，因为投资者将不再购买美国国债。
• The American may feel uncomfortable and back away.
  美国人会觉得不舒服而往后退。
• If an email conversation starts out well but then you realise this person isn't'the one'then politely back away.
  如果最初的邮件往来很好，后来却发现对方不是想要的那个“真命天子”，你大可礼貌地终止这种交流。
• Creativity – Do not back away from radically new or original ideas, never stop questioning the status quo.
  创造性&不要从全新的或独创的想法中退却，从不停止对现状的挑战。
• North Korea must be made aware that it could still back away from the abyss, he said.
  希弗表示，朝鲜必须明白，它仍然可以从深渊边回头。