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

• Of course, this backsliding of a nation could not have happened if the church had not backslidden or fallen into a lukewarm state.
  当然，若教会没有退后或不冷不热，国家的属灵退后是不会发生的。
• 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。
• Concerns about backsliding from standards on transparency, procurement and anti-corruption are justified but the way to address them is to join the institution and work from within; it is nonsense to argue that carping from outside will be more effective.
  对透明度、采购和反腐标准倒退的担忧是合理的，但解决这些问题的方法是加入该机构，从内部实现变革；所谓在外面挑毛病会更加有效的说法纯属无稽之谈。
• 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。
• The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done?
  约西亚王在位的时候，耶和华又对我说，背道的以色列所行的，你看见没有。
• 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。
• Might the stronger Republican contingent lessen the risk of protectionist backsliding and even improve prospects for concluding the Doha round?
  更强硬的共和党人会降低保护主义抬头的风险，甚至增加完成多哈回合谈判的可能性吗？
• Militant mendicancy over the nuclear issue demanding to be paid for every tiny step towards a distant disarmament, then backsliding and trying the same trick again will no longer wash.
  平壤在核问题上进行的“强行乞讨”先要求国际社会为该国向遥远的去核迈出的每一小步提供经援，然后退回到原有立场并故伎重施不会再有效果。
• 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。
• 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。