| 单词 | climb-down |
| 释义 | climb-down (once / 622069 pages) n WORD FAMILY climb-down USAGE EXAMPLESAnd the pair can ill afford another embarrassing climb-down: earlier this year they went through the fiasco of shelving a different, controversial, citizenship bill. Economist(May 27, 2016) It is not the first time Fury has been forced into an humiliating climb-down after airing his controversial views. The Guardian(May 16, 2016) The government has announced a major climb-down from its plan to force all schools in England to become academies. BBC(May 06, 2016) n a retraction of a previously held position Syn|Hyper backdown, withdrawal abjuration, recantation, retraction a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion |
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