fall back

英 [fɔːl bæk]

美 [fɔːl bæk]

略微退后; 稍稍后退; （军队）撤退，后撤

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英英释义

verb

• go back to bad behavior
  1. Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
  Synonym:relapselapserecidivateregressretrogress
• retreat
  Synonym:losedrop offfall behindrecede
• move back and away from
  1. The enemy fell back
• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
  Synonym:lagdawdlefall behind
• fall backwards and down
• have recourse to
  1. The government resorted to rationing meat
  Synonym:resortrecur

双语例句

• If John loses his job, he has nothing to fall back on.
  如果约翰失掉这份工作的话，他就无所依靠了。
• She's completely homeless-at least I have my parents to fall back on.
  她是真得无家可归-至少我还有父母可依靠。
• Our attack was so vigorous that the enemy had to fall back to the river bank.
  我方的进攻很猛烈，敌人只好退至河岸。
• Giving me ample time to fall back to sleep.
  我就有了充足时间重入梦乡。
• Inflation could fall back into single figures as early as this month.
  通货膨胀率最早有可能在本月就回落至个位数。
• I don't even have that to fall back on.
  我连这个也不能依靠了。
• If wages rise quickly enough, some of these ratios will fall back to more comfortable levels.
  如果工资上升得足够快，这些比率中有一些将回落至更加令人舒适的水平。
• By introducing a new response, you resist the temptation to fall back on old, stale beliefs.
  通过引入新的响应，你了抵制要回到旧的陈腐信念的欲望。
• Wynn! Fall back! We're moving out, let's go.
  怀恩，撤退，我们要离开了！我们走！
• Doctors sometimes fall back on old cures.
  有时医生们求助于老的疗法。