hang back

英 [hæŋ bæk]

美 [hæŋ bæk]

（通常指因紧张而）略微退缩; 拖延; 拖拉

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB （通常指因紧张而）退缩，躲避
  If youhang back, you move or stay slightly behind a person or group, usually because you are nervous about something.
  1. I saw him step forward momentarily but then hang back, nervously massaging his hands.
     我看到他走上前，但很快又缩了回来，紧张地搓着手。
• PHRASAL VERB 拖延;拖拉
  If a person or organizationhangs back, they do not do something immediately.
  1. They will then hang back on closing the deal...
     他们接着会拖延生意的成交。
  2. Even his closest advisers believe he should hang back no longer.
     即便是和他关系最密切的顾问都认为他不应该再拖下去了。

英英释义

verb

• to lag or linger behind
  1. But in so many other areas we still are dragging
  Synonym:dragtrailget behinddrop behinddrop back

双语例句

• Can't swim, I'll hang on here, I shouted back.
  不会游泳，我就呆在这儿吧，我大声回答他说。
• Don't hang back in the face of difficulties.
  不要因为困难而却步。
• Don't hang back waiting for other people to make the first move.
  不要干等着别人迈出第一步。
• You iosers should hang out in the back.
  你们这些衰人站在后面。
• If you don't need the clothes, hang them back in the wardrobe.
  如果你不需要这些衣服，就挂回衣柜里去。
• Yet at some point, China will do more than just hang back.
  然而，在某些时候，中国将会有比犹疑不定更多的动作。
• Preliminary Report on Hang& Back Technique for Horizotal Concomitant Strabismus Surgery
  直肌悬吊后徙术治疗水平斜视的初步报告
• They will then hang back on closing the deal
  他们接着会拖延生意的成交。
• I hang back from any group activities.
  我不能参加任何团体活动。
• Any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits.
  南美和中美的几种行动缓慢的树栖哺乳动物；它们倒挂在树枝上，以树叶或果实为食。