back off
英 [bæk ɒf]
美 [bæk ɔːf]
(为避免问题或冲突而)后退,避让,退缩; 放弃,收回(主张、要求、承诺等)
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB (为避免问题或冲突而)后退,避让,退缩
If youback off, you move away in order to avoid problems or a fight.- They backed off in horror.
他们心怀恐惧地退缩了。
- They backed off in horror.
- PHRASAL VERB 放弃,收回(主张、要求、承诺等)
If youback off froma claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, or if youback offit, you withdraw it.- A spokesman says the president has backed off from his threat to boycott the conference...
一位发言人表示总统已经收回了他将抵制这次会议的威胁。 - The union has publicly backed off that demand.
工会已经公开撤回了那项要求。
- A spokesman says the president has backed off from his threat to boycott the conference...
- PHRASAL VERB 别插手;别干涉
If you tell someone toback off, you are telling them to stop interfering.- Back off, Mom, I'm old enough to make my own decisions!
你别管,妈妈,我已经能够自己作决定了!
- Back off, Mom, I'm old enough to make my own decisions!
英英释义
verb
- move backwards from a certain position
- The bully had to back down
- remove oneself from an obligation
- He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved
双语例句
- Back off! There's no need to yell at me.
走开点!没必要对我大喊大叫。 - You're stronger than this guy. don't back up! Don't back off!
你比他强壮,不要后退!不要后退! - He doesn't back off, though, when I raise the F-word.
他没有退缩,不过,当我提出的F字。 - They persuaded the Federal Reserve to back off of tight money.
他们说服了联邦储备局在货币奇紧的情况下向他们让步。 - Say you'll leave him if he doesn't back off.
你说如果他不收手就离开他。 - You have to know your audience and when to back off.
你必须了解自己的听众,知道自己什么时候该放弃。 - Everywhere I turned, people told me to back off, get lost.
我查到的每一个地方,人们都告诉我不要查了。 - I'll back off for as long as you like.
只要你愿意,我就放过他。 - A spokesman says the president has backed off from his threat to boycott the conference
一位发言人表示总统已经收回了他将抵制这次会议的威胁。 - That's why your father backed off, and that's why you'll back off.
这正是你爸爸后退的原因,也是你后退的原因。