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

• All right, now just back away from him.
  好的，现在，呃，往后退。
• Don't make a move; your confusion has caused this dilemma and you are best to back away and reassess the situation.
  不要轻举妄动；你的糊涂造成了现在的困境，你最好退让，重新评估一下形势。
• Piggy was surrounded before he could back away.
  猪崽子没来得及脱身就给团团围住了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "I'll back away," he said.
  “我给你空间，”他答。
• North Korea must be made aware that it could still back away from the abyss, he said.
  希弗表示，朝鲜必须明白，它仍然可以从深渊边回头。
• 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。
• 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。