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Backtrack Verb 动词   [V Promised Ed Ing 英

英语单词 backtrack
英美音标 英 ['bæktræk] 美 ['bæktræk]
中文释义 v.由原路返回;走回头路
英语例句 (1) This will often cause them to backtrack.
(2) A spate of negative stories and the government may backtrack.
中文例句 (1) 这往往会导致他们走回头路。
(2) 一旦负面消息大量出现政府就会走回头路。
vocabulary简明 When you backtrack, you return somewhere you've already been, or retrace steps you've already taken. You might backtrack to find something you lost on your way down the sidewalk.
vocabulary扩展 When you walk out the door and realize you must have put your keys down somewhere, you'll probably backtrack through your house, looking for them. You can also backtrack in a figurative way, changing an opinion or a stance on something: "The city promised to build a new library, but now that the budget is so tight I bet they'll backtrack" The original use of the word referred to a technique in fox hunting.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]改变(说法、决定等);出尔反尔 If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
  [V]
  [V on/from n]
  • The committee backtracked by scrapping the controversial bonus system...

    委员会改变主意,放弃了有争议的奖金制度。

  • The finance minister backtracked on his decision.

    财政部长收回了他的决定。

backtracking
  • Some backtracking is probably inevitable...

    有时改变决定可能是不可避免的。

  • He promised there would be no backtracking on policies.

    他承诺政策不会出尔反尔。

2
[VERB 动词]原路返回 If you backtrack, you go back along a path or route you have just used.
  [V]
  [V prep]
  • Leonard jumped in his car and started backtracking...

    伦纳德跳进车里,开始原路折返。

  • We had to backtrack to the corner and cross the street.

    我们不得不原路返回到拐角处过街。

3
[VERB 动词]倒回(描述或解释内容) If you backtrack in an account or explanation, you talk about things which happened before the ones you were previously talking about.
  [V]
  • Can we just backtrack a little bit and look at your primary and secondary education?

    我们能不能回过头来谈谈你的小学和中学教育?

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