climb down

英 [klaɪm daʊn]

美 [klaɪm daʊn]

（在辩论、争论中）认错，服输，改变意图（或要求）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (在辩论、争论中)认错，服输，改变意图（或要求）
  If youclimb downin an argument or dispute, you admit that you are wrong, or change your intentions or demands.
  1. If Lafontaine is forced to climb down, he may wish to reconsider his position...
     如果拉方丹被迫让步，他可能愿意重新考虑自己的立场。
  2. He has climbed down on pledges to reduce capital gains tax.
     他已经作出退让，许诺降低资本收益税。

英英释义

verb

• come down
  1. the birds alighted
  Synonym:alight

双语例句

• Can a man really climb down the chimney of every house in the world in a single night?
  这个世界上真有人能在仅仅一晚上里爬进每一家的烟囱里吗？
• Come out your window, climb down the vine.
  从窗户出来，顺着藤爬下来。
• When he was proved wrong by the fact he has to climb down and accept that he was mistaken.
  当事实证明他错了时，他只得放弃并承认他弄错了。
• What is needed now is a way for both sides to climb down.
  现在需要一个让双方都让步的方案。
• Farmer: You did. You're the first man to climb down that tree before climbing up it.
  农夫：你已经做到了。你是第一个不用爬上树就从树上爬下来的人。
• Now, climb down here. I want to say goodbye.
  好吧！从这下来，我要道别了。
• The climb down was the latest indicator of the shifting balance of power in Asia.
  日本的让步成为了亚洲力量平衡转移的最新标志。
• How do we get into people's homes when there are no chimneys on the houses to climb down?
  比如，当人们的住宅没有烟囱可爬时，我们如何进屋？
• Cats often find it easier to climb up a tree than to climb down.
  猫儿爬树往往是爬上去比爬下来容易些。
• If Lafontaine is forced to climb down, he may wish to reconsider his position
  如果拉方丹被迫让步，他可能愿意重新考虑自己的立场。