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

• 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。
• North Korea must be made aware that it could still back away from the abyss, he said.
  希弗表示，朝鲜必须明白，它仍然可以从深渊边回头。
• Piggy was surrounded before he could back away.
  猪崽子没来得及脱身就给团团围住了。
• 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。
• Were he now to back away from his UN bid, his clout among his own people would shrivel.
  如果他现在在联合国的入联申请中逐步后退，他在他自己人民当中的声望将会急剧下降。
• 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。
• China will continue its policy of opening to the outside world on a broader scale, rather than back away from it.
  我国的开放政策不是收，而是要继续放。
• 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。
• The American may feel uncomfortable and back away.
  美国人会觉得不舒服而往后退。
• 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。