| 单词 | to back off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto back off 20. to back off (originally U.S.). extracted from backv. a. To draw back, retreat, let up. 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 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling iv. 37 He [sc. the bear] seemed to stand baffled... The dogs backed off an instant. 1954 Amer. Speech 29 93 After you get through the traps you back off, so as to slow down. b. figurative. To abandon one's intention, stand, etc.; to relent or back down. colloquial. 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)] wendOE divert1430 to turn one's tale1525 relent1528 revolt1540 resile?a1597 crinkle1612 to throw in (or up) one's cards1688 to box the compass1714 to turn round1808 crawfish1848 to back down1849 duff1883 back-pedal1891 punk1920 back-track1947 to back off1961 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > refrain from pursuing something bitch1777 to back down1849 to back off1961 to pussy out1967 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (fig.). 1963 K. Neville in D. Knight 100 Years Sci. Fiction (1969) 73 ‘It's going to cost me near a hundred a month—that's a steep bite.’ ‘I still think they'll back off.’ 1979 Arizona Daily Star 22 July a10/4 A man who took authorities to the shallow graves of two women he admitted killing backed off..from an earlier story that there were six more victims. < as lemmas |
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