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

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