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back-pedal
(also backpedal)Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense back-pedals, present participle back-pedalling, past tense , past participle back-pedalled
The forms backpedaling and back-pedaled are used in American English. 美国英语中使用backpedalingback-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。

  • 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。

SYN backtrack, go back, reverse, reconsider
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]
  • She's backpedaled twice already. [VERB]

    她已经两次变卦了。

  • The cabinet may backpedal on these commitments. [V + on/from]

    内阁可能背弃这些承诺。

back-pedalling
  • ...Britain's back-pedalling on reforms.

    英国在改革上的出尔反尔


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