英语词汇“to draw back”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. intransitive. To move backwards from one's position; to retire, retreat; to recoil. In early use also transitive (reflexive) in the same sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat

withdraw1297

recoilc1330

give place1382

arrear1399

to draw backa1400

resortc1425

adrawc1450

recedec1450

retraya1470

returna1470

rebut1481

wyke1481

umbedrawc1485

retreata1500

retract1535

retire1542

to give back1548

regress1552

to fall back?1567

peak1576

flinch1578

to fall offa1586

to draw off1602

to give ground1607

retrograde1613

to train off1796

to beat a retreat1861

to back off1938

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15891 He drogh him bak be him [read behind] þe men.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 15925 Petre drogh him bakker mare.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 21408 (MED) The same kyng..With shame and gret confusioun Drowh bak vn-to hys pavyllioun.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 526 He drewe backe and defended himselfe as well as he coulde.

?1556 J. Bradford Copye Let. to Erles sig. G.viii If we draw backe our kingdom wil fal.

1650 O. Cromwell Let. 30 July in Writings & Speeches (1939) (modernized text) II. 300 In the morning,..we resolved to draw back to our quarters at Musselburgh, there to refresh and revictual.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives IV. 308 At first..they drew back and dispersed. But when they had recollected themselves..they attacked him hand to hand.

1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times III. 157 He draws back when they are addressing him, as if contamination was in their breath, and is all gooseskin at a low bred man.

1843 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 4 i. 196 These rocks begin at last to draw back here and there from the river.

1897 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Jubilee Bk. Cricket iv. 174 All the really strong back-players draw back in making back-strokes.

1902 J. London Law of Life in Children of Frost 49 Now one wormed his chest forward, dragging his haunches after, now a second, now a third; but never a one drew back.

2011 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Apr. a8 The..police clashed with the First Armored Division; their forces drew back, and then attacked again.

b. intransitive. figurative. To withdraw or distance oneself (from an undertaking, course of action, etc.); to choose not to take action, esp. because of nervousness or uncertainty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise

starta1450

fang1522

recidivate1528

to draw back1572

flinch1578

to shrink collar1579

retract1616

to shrink out of the collar1636

renege1651

to fly off1667

to slip (the) collarc1677

to declare off1749

to cry off1775

to back out1807

to fight off1833

crawfish1848

welsh1871

to pull out1884

1572 A. Golding tr. H. Bullinger Confut. Popes Bull f. 20 The Lord spake after the same maner in old tyme vnto Moses, when he drew backe and would haue shunned the Lordes callyng.

1611 Bible (King James) Heb. x. 38 If any man drawe backe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in him.

a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) ii. iv. 48 When in the stead of going on, we rather stand still, or draw backe; and this recreance and defiling, if not taken in time, may turne to Infidelity and Apostasie.

a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1772) VII. ii. 19 Christians..must not draw back and become the servants of sin.

1861 Temple Bar Mar. 517 Too deeply committed to draw back.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 118 Duff, to draw back from a bargain or undertaking; to throw it up.

2008 Independent 4 Feb. 31/1 A new breed of able and bright professional women who are drawing back from an all-consuming work ethic.

a. transitive. To take back (something); to revoke.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)]

fordoOE

allayOE

withdrawc1290

withclepe13..

again-callc1390

to call againc1390

repealc1390

revokec1400

unmakec1400

rive1415

annulc1425

abroge1427

uncommandc1430

discharge?a1439

retreatc1443

retract1501

cancela1513

abrogate?1520

dissolve1526

extinct1531

rescind1531

abrenounce1537

infringe1543

recall1565

unwrite1577

extinguish1590

exauctorate1593

relinquish1594

unact1594

to strike off1597

undecide1601

unpass1606

to take off1609

to draw back1610

reclaim1615

to put back1616

abrenunciate1618

unrip1622

supersedeate1641

to set off1642

unassure1643

unorder1648

to ask away1649

disdetermine1651

unbespeak1661

undecree1667

reassumea1675

off-break1702

circumduct1726

raise1837

resiliate1838

denounce1841

disorder1852

pull1937

1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists 20 Cannot the Ratihabition (as the Lawyers speake) bee drawne backe?

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 95 I always suffer my judgment to draw back something on that very account.

1858 Daily News 15 Dec. 4/3 The Bank of Vienna, in order to defeat the natural efforts of foreign markets to right themselves and to draw back a portion of the specie draughted from them, enforced the most rigid restrictions.

2002 Times 4 Oct. (Bricks & Mortar section) 20/4 These home loans are not suitable for anyone who lacks financial discipline, since they allow you to draw back any money that you have already paid off.

b. transitive. To receive a refund of (some or all of the duty on imported goods) when the goods in question are re-exported. Cf. drawback n. 3a (which also implies slightly earlier currency of this sense).

ΚΠ

1682 W. Culliford in W. B. Stephens 17th-cent. Customs Service Surveyed (2012) App. 215 Shipp out lesse in quantity or value of any manner of Forraigne Goods, which draw back by Debenture part of the duty paid at Importacon.

1709 London Gaz. No. 4509/3 The Sugars must pay French Duties, but on Exportation draws back all but about 2s. per C.

1818 St. James's Chron. 21 July (advt.) Sundry Forms of Notices for buying in Property, Warrant for drawing back Duty, Conditions of Sale, and other necessary Information.

1866 Daily News & Herald (Savannah, Georgia) 17 May No dealer..would purchase cotton burdened with a duty of five cents per pound, unless he could draw back the duty in the price of the taxed commodity.

1995 Interfaces 25 76/2 There are three ways to avoid or draw back duty charges.

单词	to draw back
释义	> as lemmas to draw back to draw back 1. a. intransitive. To move backwards from one's position; to retire, retreat; to recoil. In early use also transitive (reflexive) in the same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat withdraw1297 recoilc1330 give place1382 arrear1399 to draw backa1400 resortc1425 adrawc1450 recedec1450 retraya1470 returna1470 rebut1481 wyke1481 umbedrawc1485 retreata1500 retract1535 retire1542 to give back1548 regress1552 to fall back?1567 peak1576 flinch1578 to fall offa1586 to draw off1602 to give ground1607 retrograde1613 to train off1796 to beat a retreat1861 to back off1938 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15891 He drogh him bak be him [read behind] þe men. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 15925 Petre drogh him bakker mare. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 21408 (MED) The same kyng..With shame and gret confusioun Drowh bak vn-to hys pavyllioun. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 526 He drewe backe and defended himselfe as well as he coulde. ?1556 J. Bradford Copye Let. to Erles sig. G.viii If we draw backe our kingdom wil fal. 1650 O. Cromwell Let. 30 July in Writings & Speeches (1939) (modernized text) II. 300 In the morning,..we resolved to draw back to our quarters at Musselburgh, there to refresh and revictual. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives IV. 308 At first..they drew back and dispersed. But when they had recollected themselves..they attacked him hand to hand. 1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times III. 157 He draws back when they are addressing him, as if contamination was in their breath, and is all gooseskin at a low bred man. 1843 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 4 i. 196 These rocks begin at last to draw back here and there from the river. 1897 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Jubilee Bk. Cricket iv. 174 All the really strong back-players draw back in making back-strokes. 1902 J. London Law of Life in Children of Frost 49 Now one wormed his chest forward, dragging his haunches after, now a second, now a third; but never a one drew back. 2011 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Apr. a8 The..police clashed with the First Armored Division; their forces drew back, and then attacked again. b. intransitive. figurative. To withdraw or distance oneself (from an undertaking, course of action, etc.); to choose not to take action, esp. because of nervousness or uncertainty. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise starta1450 fang1522 recidivate1528 to draw back1572 flinch1578 to shrink collar1579 retract1616 to shrink out of the collar1636 renege1651 to fly off1667 to slip (the) collarc1677 to declare off1749 to cry off1775 to back out1807 to fight off1833 crawfish1848 welsh1871 to pull out1884 1572 A. Golding tr. H. Bullinger Confut. Popes Bull f. 20 The Lord spake after the same maner in old tyme vnto Moses, when he drew backe and would haue shunned the Lordes callyng. 1611 Bible (King James) Heb. x. 38 If any man drawe backe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in him. View more context for this quotation a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) ii. iv. 48 When in the stead of going on, we rather stand still, or draw backe; and this recreance and defiling, if not taken in time, may turne to Infidelity and Apostasie. a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1772) VII. ii. 19 Christians..must not draw back and become the servants of sin. 1861 Temple Bar Mar. 517 Too deeply committed to draw back. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 118 Duff, to draw back from a bargain or undertaking; to throw it up. 2008 Independent 4 Feb. 31/1 A new breed of able and bright professional women who are drawing back from an all-consuming work ethic. 2. a. transitive. To take back (something); to revoke. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)] fordoOE allayOE withdrawc1290 withclepe13.. again-callc1390 to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1400 unmakec1400 rive1415 annulc1425 abroge1427 uncommandc1430 discharge?a1439 retreatc1443 retract1501 cancela1513 abrogate?1520 dissolve1526 extinct1531 rescind1531 abrenounce1537 infringe1543 recall1565 unwrite1577 extinguish1590 exauctorate1593 relinquish1594 unact1594 to strike off1597 undecide1601 unpass1606 to take off1609 to draw back1610 reclaim1615 to put back1616 abrenunciate1618 unrip1622 supersedeate1641 to set off1642 unassure1643 unorder1648 to ask away1649 disdetermine1651 unbespeak1661 undecree1667 reassumea1675 off-break1702 circumduct1726 raise1837 resiliate1838 denounce1841 disorder1852 pull1937 1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists 20 Cannot the Ratihabition (as the Lawyers speake) bee drawne backe? 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 95 I always suffer my judgment to draw back something on that very account. 1858 Daily News 15 Dec. 4/3 The Bank of Vienna, in order to defeat the natural efforts of foreign markets to right themselves and to draw back a portion of the specie draughted from them, enforced the most rigid restrictions. 2002 Times 4 Oct. (Bricks & Mortar section) 20/4 These home loans are not suitable for anyone who lacks financial discipline, since they allow you to draw back any money that you have already paid off. b. transitive. To receive a refund of (some or all of the duty on imported goods) when the goods in question are re-exported. Cf. drawback n. 3a (which also implies slightly earlier currency of this sense). ΚΠ 1682 W. Culliford in W. B. Stephens 17th-cent. Customs Service Surveyed (2012) App. 215 Shipp out lesse in quantity or value of any manner of Forraigne Goods, which draw back by Debenture part of the duty paid at Importacon. 1709 London Gaz. No. 4509/3 The Sugars must pay French Duties, but on Exportation draws back all but about 2s. per C. 1818 St. James's Chron. 21 July (advt.) Sundry Forms of Notices for buying in Property, Warrant for drawing back Duty, Conditions of Sale, and other necessary Information. 1866 Daily News & Herald (Savannah, Georgia) 17 May No dealer..would purchase cotton burdened with a duty of five cents per pound, unless he could draw back the duty in the price of the taxed commodity. 1995 Interfaces 25 76/2 There are three ways to avoid or draw back duty charges. extracted from drawv. < as lemmas
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