back out

英 [bæk aʊt]

美 [bæk aʊt]

食言; 违约; 退出

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 食言；违约；退出
  If youback out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
  1. Madonna backed out of the project after much wrangling...
     多番争吵之后，麦当娜退出了这个项目。
  2. Wells was supposed to put up half the money, but later backed out.
     韦尔斯本应当出一半的钱，但后来他食言了。

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 awaycrawfishcrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw
• move out of a space backwards
  1. He backed out of the driveway

双语例句

• We're hoping that no one will back out of the deal.
  我们希望没有人会退出这笔交易。
• She could not, in good conscience, back out on her deal with him.
  凭良心她不能背弃与他达成的协议。
• I'm gonna pull out, I mean, back out.
  我会抽出来的，我是说推回来。
• Madonna backed out of the project after much wrangling
  多番争吵之后，麦当娜退出了这个项目。
• I hope I can depend on you not to back out at the last moment.
  我希望你绝对不会在最后的时刻变卦。
• Once you've given your word, don't try to back out.
  一旦许下诺言，就不要想翻悔。
• When she came back out the car was gone.
  然而，当她回来时汽车竟不见了。
• I gave her a lift back out to her house
  我让她搭我的便车回家。
• Besides, she had already made a date with a friend, so how could she back out now?
  况且已经和人家约好了的，可怎么办！
• Let's fix me up and get me back out there.
  把我治好让我继续。