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单词 turn one's back on
释义 turn one's back on
phrasal
or turn one's back upon
1. : to put behind one : depart from
 < with this month of March we turn our backs on winter — Faith Baldwin >
 < Eskimo turn their backs abruptly on the sea … up a valley from the shore — C.D.Forde >
2. : reject, deny
 < my conscience will not let me turn my back upon a call to service — F.D.Roosevelt >
 < would be turning one's back on history — Pius Walsh >
often : to reject unceremoniously or treat with contempt
3. : abandon, forsake, desert
 < turning our backs upon the rest of mankind and refusing to enter the cooperative scheme — Stephen Duggan >
 < turned his back on his own people >
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