back down

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  • 放弃; 让步
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星级词汇:
Verb:
  1. move backwards from a certain position;

    "The bully had to back down"

  2. remove oneself from an obligation;

    "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"

1. Disconsolately, he walked back down the course.
他郁郁不乐地沿原路走回去了。

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2. She refused to back down on a point of principle.
她在一个原则问题上拒绝让步。

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3. You gently back down.
你轻轻放弃了。

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4. It's too late to back down now.
现在打退堂鼓为时已晚。

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5. He freewheeled back down the course.
他靠惯性滑行返回路途。

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6. We retreated back down the mountain.
我们从山上撤了下来。

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7. The car began to roll back down the hill.
汽车开始倒着往山下滑。

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8. I drove back down the motorway at normal speed.
我以正常速度沿高速公路往回开。

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9. They make threats but back down at the first sniff of trouble.
他们起先气势汹汹,但一看情形不妙立刻软了下来。

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10. I looked back down at the skirts.
我回头看了看裙子。

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11. So I sat back down and kept quiet.
于是我坐了回去,保持安静。

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12. Otherwise gravity will pull you back down to the Earth.
否则,地心引力会把你拉回地球。

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13. If you do climb higher sooner, come back down to a lower height when you sleep.
如果你真的很快爬到了更高的地方,那就在你睡觉的时候回到较低的高度。

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14. He could sneak them up the stairs then go back down to pay Grace and send her home.
他可以偷偷地把他们带到楼上,然后再下楼付钱给格蕾丝并把她送回家。

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15. As with Sisyphus, the boulder was painstakingly rolled upwards only to tumble back down again in an absurd exercise of futility.
和西西弗斯一样,巨石费力地向上滚动,结果又滚了下来,徒劳无功。

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16. We're not going to back down.
我们不会退缩的。

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17. They hardly ever go back down.
很难瘦回来。

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18. Each time, rates soon slid back down.
每一次,利率都迅速回落。

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19. Why back down now?
你怎么会现在放弃呢?

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20. When they argued, she refused to back down.
他们吵架时,她决不让步。

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21. I lifted my head. But it fell back down.
我抬起头,又倒回去。

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22. Then sit back down.
再坐回去。

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23. He kissed me softly and then sat back down.
他轻轻地吻了我然后坐下来。

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24. Both parties refuse to back down or compromise.
双方都不愿意让步或妥协。

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25. So I turned and headed back down the canyon.
所以我再次转回头,向峡谷口返回。

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26. She sits back down on her side of the board.
她坐回了她的棋盘那边。

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27. I've never seen our paper back down from a story.
我从未见过我们的报纸放弃过一次报道。

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28. We hear her tread softly back down the stairs.
我们听到了女房东悄悄走下楼梯的声音。

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29. We could see that she would back down if we stood firm.
我们可以看出,如果我们坚定不移,她就会让步。

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30. She wiped her eyes and sat back down near the bed.
她擦干眼泪,又坐回那张病床边。

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    1. He refused to back away from his position.
      他拒绝放弃自己的立场。
    2. I saw that she was right,so I had to back down.
      我发现她是对的,所以只好放弃原来的意见。
    3. He forced his opponent to back down.
      他迫使对手让步。
    4. The wife appeased her husband and went back home.
      妻子对她丈夫的要求做了让步,回家去了。

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