The forms backpedaling and back-pedaled are used in American English. 美国英语中使用backpedaling和back-pedaled。
1 VERB 改变立场;软化;退缩 If you
back-pedal, you express a different or less forceful opinion about something from the one you have previously expressed.
改变立场;软化;退缩 -
Allen back-pedalled, saying that he had had no intention of offending them. [VERB]
艾伦退缩了,说他无意冒犯他们。
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He appeared to back-pedal on that statement. [VERB + on]
他看起来想要收回声明中说过的话。
2 VERB 变卦;出尔反尔;背弃诺言 If you say that someone
back-pedals, you disapprove of their behaviour because they are not doing what they promised.
变卦;出尔反尔;背弃诺言 [disapproval]