| 释义 |
backtrack /bæktræk/ [intransitive] (especially business尤用于商业 or politics政治) to change an earlier statement, opinion or promise because of pressure from sb/sth（屈于压力而）改变声明（或主张），出尔反尔；退缩◆the trade unions have had to backtrack on their main demand.工会不得不改变了主要的诉求。backtrack/ˈbæktræk ||; ˈbækˌtræk/verb[i] 1. to go back the same way you came 循原路返回: ◇we got lost in the wood and had to backtrack. 我们在林子中迷失了方向，不得不循原路返回。 2. backtrack (on sth) to change your mind about a plan, promise, etc that you have made 改变主意；出尔反尔: ◇unions forced the company to backtrack on its plans to close the factory. 工会迫使公司改变关闭工厂的计划。 backtracksee ⇨ change/not change 24 back·track /`bækˏtræk; ˈbæktræk/v [i]to say something in a less definite way than you did before 出尔反尔，变卦，退缩:◇the minister denied that he was backtracking. 那个部长否认自己在出尔反尔。 |