back down

英 [bæk daʊn]

美 [bæk daʊn]

放弃（主张、要求、承诺等）; 打退堂鼓

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 放弃（主张、要求、承诺等）；打退堂鼓
  If youback down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
  1. The United States had no intention of backing down in its bitter row over farm subsidies...
     美国无意就激烈争吵的农产品补贴问题作出让步。
  2. It's too late to back down now...
     现在打退堂鼓已经太晚了。
  3. He had to back down on plans to backdate the tax changes.
     他不得不放弃追溯税收调整的计划。

英英释义

verb

• move backwards from a certain position
  1. The bully had to back down
  Synonym:back upback off
• remove oneself from an obligation
  1. He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved
  Synonym:chicken outback offpull outbow out

双语例句

• She turned and went back down the lane.
  她转身沿着巷子走回去了。
• I drove back down the highway at normal speed
  我以正常车速沿公路返回。
• I will insist on doing what is right and I will not back down!
  我会坚持做对的事情，而且不会打退堂鼓。
• You have to make everyone agree with what you have to say, so you never back down.
  你要让每个人都同意你所说的，所以你从来不会让步。
• Inhale quickly, then bring you head and chest back down and continue the body undulations.
  吸入快，然后带你头部和胸部，继续回到身体对光。
• He freewheeled back down the course.
  他沿原赛道滑了下去。
• I'll take you back down to the valley.
  我会带你返回下面的山谷里。
• It's too late to back down now
  现在打退堂鼓已经太晚了。
• You think you can really make me back down?
  你以为你真的可以让我罢手？
• I'm not going to stay here. I'm out of here, back down to San Diego
  我不会呆在这里。我要离开这儿，回到圣迭戈。