back-off

柯林斯詞典

back off (backing,backed,backs)

• 1. PHRASAL VERB If you back off, you move away in order to avoid problems or a fight. 避開 (問題或爭斗)

  They backed off in horror. 他們嚇得躲開了。

• 2. PHRASAL VERB If you back off from a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, or if you back off it, you withdraw it. 撤回 (原來的主張、要求、承諾)

  A spokesman says the president has backed off from his threat to boycott the conference. 一位發(fā)言人說，總統(tǒng)已經(jīng)撤回了他抵制這次會談的威脅。

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