step back

英 [step bæk]

美 [step bæk]

退一步，置身事外（思考）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 退一步，置身事外(思考)
  If youstep backand think about a situation, you think about it as if you were not involved in it.
  1. I stepped back and analysed the situation...
     我抽身出来，从局外人的角度分析了形势。
  2. It was necessary to step back from the project and look at it as a whole.
     有必要退一步，全面地审视一下该项目。

双语例句

• It was necessary to step back from the project and look at it as a whole.
  有必要退一步，全面地审视一下该项目。
• Step back or you'll get hit by the ball.
  向后退一步，不然球就打到你了。
• Encouraging? Of course; but let's take a step back again in time.
  是鼓励吗？当然；但是，让我们再次及时地后退一步。
• Let's step back and have another look at this.
  让我们退一步想想，重新看待这件事。
• She took a step back, unsure of his reaction.
  拿不准他会有何种反应，她后退了一步。
• Mr Chen decided it was time to take a step back.
  陈学军心想，是时候后退一步了。
• But, in the past few months it has also taken one step back.
  然而，过去几个月，中国又后退了一步。
• I tried to step back, but he held my upper arms too tightly.
  我试图往后退，但他将我的上臂抓得太紧了。
• I stepped back and analysed the situation
  我抽身出来，从局外人的角度分析了形势。
• We will not take one step back from this square.
  我们不会从这个广场后退一步。