2PHRASAL VERB 放弃,收回(主张、要求、承诺等) If you back off from a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, or if you back off it, you withdraw it. 放弃,收回(主张、要求、承诺等)
A spokesman says the president has backed off from his threat to boycott the conference. [VERBPREP. + from]
一位发言人表示总统已经收回了他将抵制这次会议的威胁。
The union has publicly backed off that demand. [VERBPREP. noun]
工会已经公开撤回了那项要求。
3PHRASAL VERB [usually imper]别插手;别干涉 If you tell someone to back off, you are telling them to stop interfering. 别插手;别干涉 [informal]
Back off, Mom, I'm old enough to make my own decisions! [VERBPREP.]