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

双语例句

• 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。
• If an email conversation starts out well but then you realise this person isn't'the one'then politely back away.
  如果最初的邮件往来很好，后来却发现对方不是想要的那个“真命天子”，你大可礼貌地终止这种交流。
• They changed the way we fought war& caused us to back away from trench warfare.
  以往的发明也曾改变过我们进行战争的方式，使我们远离了堑壕战。
• Piggy was surrounded before he could back away. I graduated from Hunan University.
  猪崽子没来得及脱身就给团团围住了。我从湖南大学毕业。
• And if we back away, if we give up on it, if we show any signs of retreat at all, then the enemy we face worldwide will be strengthened.
  如果我们退出，如果我们放弃，如果我们表现出任何撤退的迹象，那么我们所面临的敌人将会强大起来。
• But like the human traders of yesterday, the machines can and do back away if markets are disrupted.
  但与以前的人类交易员一样，如果市场紊乱，机器可能、而且的确也会靠不住。
• They would clap when they saw me and then back away cautiously.
  他们看到我时会鼓掌，然后再小心翼翼地退后。
• 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。
• Don't make a move; your confusion has caused this dilemma and you are best to back away and reassess the situation.
  不要轻举妄动；你的糊涂造成了现在的困境，你最好退让，重新评估一下形势。
• Creativity – Do not back away from radically new or original ideas, never stop questioning the status quo.
  创造性&不要从全新的或独创的想法中退却，从不停止对现状的挑战。