back away

英 [bæk əˈweɪ]

美 [bæk əˈweɪ]

后退; 放弃; 退出; （常因害怕等而）后退，退缩

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 放弃；退出
  If youback away froma commitment that you made or something that you were involved with in the past, you try to show that you are no longer committed to it or involved with it.
  1. The company backed away from plans to cut their pay by 15%...
     公司放弃了给他们降薪15%的计划。
  2. He's backing away from the policies and style of his predecessor...
     他正脱离其前任的政策和风格。
  3. Until yesterday, Britain had backed away because it didn't like the cost.
     直到昨天，英国还因为成本太高而却步。
• PHRASAL VERB （常因害怕等而）后退，退缩
  If youback away, you walk backwards away from someone or something, often because you are frightened of them.
  1. James got to his feet and started to come over, but the girls hastily backed away.
     詹姆斯起身走过来，但是女孩子们却连忙后退。

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 outcrawfishcrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw

双语例句

• Back away from the door.
  退后，离门远点。
• They changed the way we fought war& caused us to back away from trench warfare.
  以往的发明也曾改变过我们进行战争的方式，使我们远离了堑壕战。
• If an email conversation starts out well but then you realise this person isn't'the one'then politely back away.
  如果最初的邮件往来很好，后来却发现对方不是想要的那个“真命天子”，你大可礼貌地终止这种交流。
• Creativity – Do not back away from radically new or original ideas, never stop questioning the status quo.
  创造性&不要从全新的或独创的想法中退却，从不停止对现状的挑战。
• Until yesterday, Britain had backed away because it didn't like the cost.
  直到昨天，英国还因为成本太高而却步。
• But hotels keep going up& now in a second row, back away from the beach.
  此后，新的酒店依然层出不穷&只是如今都排在了第二梯队，不能紧挨着海滩了。
• It's ok. you've got to back away.
  没事了，你必须退后。
• Now this is going back away beyond your memories of Atlantis or Lemuria.
  现在这是追溯到亚特兰提斯或者利莫里亚记忆。
• Stand still or back away slowly until the dog leaves.
  站在原地不动或慢慢后退，直到它离开。
• Were he now to back away from his UN bid, his clout among his own people would shrivel.
  如果他现在在联合国的入联申请中逐步后退，他在他自己人民当中的声望将会急剧下降。