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

• He shoved me back out of the room.
  他把我从房间里推了出来。
• I stood in the driveway and watched him back out and pull away.
  我站在车道上，看着他把车倒出来然后开走。
• You wenthome, came back out again, andthen you hid your little toy.
  你到了家，又回去了，接着又把你的小玩具藏起来了。
• 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。
• Let's fix me up and get me back out there.
  把我治好让我继续。
• 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。
• You know you can still back out of it, right?
  你知道你还是可以取消的，对吧？
• Ever get back from running errands and realize you have to go back out because you forgot something?
  有没有试过这种情况：正要跑腿去办事又半道折回来，因为你意识到自己忘记了什么事儿不得不回去？