backsliding

英 [ˈbækslaɪdɪŋ]

美 [ˈbækslaɪdɪŋ]

n.  倒退; 故态复萌
v.  退步；倒退
backslide的现在分词

复数：backslidings　现在分词：backsliding　

COCA.35360

牛津词典

noun

• 倒退；故态复萌
  the situation when sb fails to do sth that they agreed to do and returns to their former bad behaviour

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 变卦；倒退；故态复萌
  If you accuse someone ofbacksliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
  1. ...the government's backsliding on free market reforms...
     政府在自由市场改革上的退缩
  2. This may help to maintain the gains you've made and to prevent backsliding.
     这或许有助于保持你所取得的进展，防止倒退。

英英释义

noun

• a failure to maintain a higher state
  Synonym:lapselapsingrelapserelapsingreversionreverting

双语例句

• Gao said another reason for the backsliding was a lack of adequate funding, and the fact that earlier successes in fighting illiteracy lead some local governments to abandon their literacy programs.
  高学贵还提出了另外一个识字率倒退的原因，即缺乏足够的资金，并且在消除文盲上早期的成功导致部分地方政府取消了识字计划。
• Spiritual weakness or backsliding can easily prevent our walking with and for Christ.
  同样地，灵命软弱或倒退的基督徒，也不能遵基督而行。
• Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter?
  背道的民（原文作女子）哪，你们为何因有山谷，就是水流的山谷夸张呢。
• Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. He coolly retraced his steps, removed the blanket from his cell, and triumphantly swung across to safety.
  这耶路撒冷的民，为何恒久背道呢。他们守定诡诈，不肯回头。他冷静地顺原路返回牢房，取来毯子，成功地荡到安全地带。
• That is good news insofar as it means there is no backsliding ( yet) on the first significant progress made in the management of the eurozone crisis for some time.
  目前看来这是一个好消息，因其意味着欧元区危机治理的首个重大进展在一段时间内未出现倒退。
• The harder it pushes for fair trade with poorer countries, either bilaterally or through the WTO, the worse is the danger of backsliding all round.
  它越是卖力地与比较穷的国家推进自由贸易，不管是以双边还是通过世贸组织的方式，全面倒退的危险就越严重。
• There is pressure within the industry for backsliding on implementation of the 2010 rules.
  业内存在阻挠在今年年内实施这些规则的压力。
• Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.
  你们这背道的儿女阿，回来吧。我要医治你们背道的病。
• It is fair to say that Egypt's dogged support for regional peacemaking has been crucial to sustaining a modicum of civility in the Middle East, despite backsliding by nearly everyone else.
  公平地说，尽管各方的态度几乎都在倒退，但没有撕破脸皮而大打出手与埃及对地区和平的不懈努力是分不开的。
• And it has also exasperated the EU by backsliding on promised improvements to the judiciary and legal system.
  同时，他也因在推进司法及法律体制改革上出尔反尔而惹恼了欧盟。