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.- 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。
- I saw him step forward momentarily but then hang back, nervously massaging his hands.
- PHRASAL VERB 拖延;拖拉
If a person or organizationhangs back, they do not do something immediately.- They will then hang back on closing the deal...
他们接着会拖延生意的成交。 - 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。
- They will then hang back on closing the deal...
英英释义
verb
- to lag or linger behind
- But in so many other areas we still are dragging
双语例句
- Look, tell her to hang back and left.
看,叫她往后退。 - Some people prefer to hang back from the crowd.
有些人喜欢与人们保持距离。 - 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。 - But, as the situation stands, foreigners are right to hang back from sending in ground troops.
但根据目前的形势,外国有理由不愿派遣地面部队。 - I think we should hang back until we hear about what's really going on out there.
我认为我们应该留在这里直到弄清楚到底发生了什么事。 - 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。 - To cause to hang back or fall behind.
落后于使畏缩不前或落后。 - 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。 - Please hang up and we'll call you back.
请挂断,我们会打给你。