hang back

英 [hæŋ bæk]

美 [hæŋ bæk]

（通常指因紧张而）略微退缩; 拖延; 拖拉

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB （通常指因紧张而）退缩，躲避
  If youhang back, you move or stay slightly behind a person or group, usually because you are nervous about something.
  1. I saw him step forward momentarily but then hang back, nervously massaging his hands.
     我看到他走上前，但很快又缩了回来，紧张地搓着手。
• PHRASAL VERB 拖延;拖拉
  If a person or organizationhangs back, they do not do something immediately.
  1. They will then hang back on closing the deal...
     他们接着会拖延生意的成交。
  2. Even his closest advisers believe he should hang back no longer.
     即便是和他关系最密切的顾问都认为他不应该再拖下去了。

英英释义

verb

• to lag or linger behind
  1. But in so many other areas we still are dragging
  Synonym:dragtrailget behinddrop behinddrop back

双语例句

• Who can make it clear, in this door one step away, perhaps will make you helpless and without resources, hang back.
  谁能说清，在这一步之遥的门内，或许会让你手足无措，望而却步。
• When a thing is to be told, why, tell it, and don't hang back.
  既然有话要说，那就痛痛快快地说出来，不要吞吞吐吐。
• If you don't need the clothes, hang them back in the wardrobe.
  如果你不需要这些衣服，就挂回衣柜里去。
• You iosers should hang out in the back.
  你们这些衰人站在后面。
• Any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits.
  南美和中美的几种行动缓慢的树栖哺乳动物；它们倒挂在树枝上，以树叶或果实为食。
• They will then hang back on closing the deal
  他们接着会拖延生意的成交。
• Investors are getting fed up with minuscule interest rates but remain nervous Nellies& afraid to gallop into the stock market and afraid to hang back with their bonds.
  尽管美国投资者已不堪忍受眼下低得不足挂齿的利率，但是他们心中依然充满焦虑和恐惧&既不敢一头扎到股票市场中去，又畏首畏尾的不敢继续投资债券。
• Don't hang back in the face of difficulties.
  不要因为困难而却步。
• Please hang up and we'll call you back.
  请挂断，我们会打给你。
• I hang back from any group activities.
  我不能参加任何团体活动。