backpedal

backpedal

美 [ˈbækˌped(ə)l] 　英 [ˈbækˌped(ə)l]

• v.倒踏脚踏板；(拳击)向后躲闪；变卦
• 网络后退；向后行；脚煞车

词形变化

第三人称单数：backpedals  现在分词：backpedaling  现在分词：backpedalling  过去式：backpedaled  过去式：backpedalled  

同义词

英汉解释

v.	1. 倒踏脚踏板;(拳击)向后躲闪;变卦,收回意见[立场,主张]

英英解释

v.	1. to show that you are no longer certain about a previous opinion, intention, or promise 2. to pedal backward on a bicycle

例句

But when human rights groups complained, as a haunting video of the hanging was circulated on the internet, he appeared to backpedal.

但当令人难以忘怀的绞刑视频在互联网上流传，从而招致人权组织的抱怨时，潘基文似乎有些退却。

You don't have to backpedal; you don't have to become homeless; you don't have to go into debt; you don't have to go into poverty.

你没有必要后退；没有必要变成无家可归的人；没有必要跌进债务中，没有必要掉进贫困中。

She later sought to backpedal by insisting that the settlements remained "illegitimate" .

随后，为了给自己寻求退路，她又强调定居点仍然是“非法的”。

Some local governments are starting to backpedal on some property tightening measures Beijing has imposed.

一些地方政府正准备放宽一些中央实施的房地产调控措施。

The more important is, don't be frightened by him, you should insist on, sometimes the last backpedal will be the counterpart.

更重要的是，你不要被吓倒，而是坚持下去，往往最后退缩的是对方。

Look closer, though, and it becomes clear that Mr Obama is signalling that he may soon backpedal in various ways.

然而仔细看一下，很明显奥巴马先生正传递着这样的信息：他可能会马上变卦而这样做的途径有很多。