back out

英 [bæk aʊt]

美 [bæk aʊt]

食言; 违约; 退出

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 食言；违约；退出
  If youback out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
  1. Madonna backed out of the project after much wrangling...
     多番争吵之后，麦当娜退出了这个项目。
  2. Wells was supposed to put up half the money, but later backed out.
     韦尔斯本应当出一半的钱，但后来他食言了。

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 awaycrawfishcrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw
• move out of a space backwards
  1. He backed out of the driveway

双语例句

• When she came back out the car was gone.
  然而，当她回来时汽车竟不见了。
• I hope I can depend on you not to back out at the last moment.
  我希望你绝对不会在最后的时刻变卦。
• Once you've given your word, don't try to back out.
  一旦许下诺言，就不要想翻悔。
• I gave her a lift back out to her house
  我让她搭我的便车回家。
• But I have to go back out there!
  但我要回那里去！
• Please don't try to back out now that everything has been arranged.
  现在一切都安排好了，请不要打退堂鼓。
• I'm going back out into the jungle to talk to our friend with the beard.
  我打算回丛林和我们那位长胡子的朋友谈谈。
• If you can back out of trouble you can experiment.
  如果你能过很好的处理遇到的麻烦，那你就可以进行试验。
• Madonna backed out of the project after much wrangling
  多番争吵之后，麦当娜退出了这个项目。
• You wouldn't lose. I'd pay you back out of next year's cotton.
  你不会赔的。明年棉花收了就还你。