| 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
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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]
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]
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