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

• 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。
• 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。
• It was time for them to back away so you could fill your space with your own divinity.
  现在是他们撤退好让您能把您自己的神性注入您的空间的时候了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The American may feel uncomfortable and back away.
  美国人会觉得不舒服而往后退。
• 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。
• The boy was a bad actor and everybody tried to back away from him.
  那小子是个坏家伙，大家都躲着他。
• There would be pressure on the dollar, as investors back away from buying Treasury debt.
  这将对美元构成压力，因为投资者将不再购买美国国债。