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

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to row back

to row back intransitive. figurative to reverse one's previous action or opinion; to backtrack.

ΚΠ

1967 Guardian 6 Feb. 1/1 He then rowed back to the discouraging position adopted by President Johnson.

1971 Washington Post 13 May 16/4 There also remained Rippon's political and public-relations problem in rowing back from his widely publicized, emotionally phrased demand.

1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 21 Jan. 4 Leaders of some Commonwealth states came under renewed pressure to row back on price increases and reintroduce subsidies on some basic goods.

2007 A. Ford J. Ussher vi. 129 But almost as soon as he had stated his intention, Ussher rowed back.

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as lemmas

单词	to row back
释义	> as lemmas to row back to row back intransitive. figurative to reverse one's previous action or opinion; to backtrack. ΚΠ 1967 Guardian 6 Feb. 1/1 He then rowed back to the discouraging position adopted by President Johnson. 1971 Washington Post 13 May 16/4 There also remained Rippon's political and public-relations problem in rowing back from his widely publicized, emotionally phrased demand. 1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 21 Jan. 4 Leaders of some Commonwealth states came under renewed pressure to row back on price increases and reintroduce subsidies on some basic goods. 2007 A. Ford J. Ussher vi. 129 But almost as soon as he had stated his intention, Ussher rowed back. extracted from rowv.¹ < as lemmas
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