backtracked

英 [ˈbæktrækt]

美 [ˈbæktrækt]

v.  原路返回; 折回; 折返; (屈于压力而)改变声明(或主张)，出尔反尔; 退缩
backtrack的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 改变（说法、决定等）；出尔反尔
  If youbacktrack ona statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
  1. The committee backtracked by scrapping the controversial bonus system...
     委员会改变主意，放弃了有争议的奖金制度。
  2. The finance minister backtracked on his decision.
     财政部长收回了他的决定。
• VERB 原路返回
  If youbacktrack, you go back along a path or route you have just used.
  1. Leonard jumped in his car and started backtracking...
     伦纳德跳进车里，开始原路折返。
  2. We had to backtrack to the corner and cross the street.
     我们不得不原路返回到拐角处过街。
• VERB 倒回（描述或解释内容）
  If youbacktrackin an account or explanation, you talk about things which happened before the ones you were previously talking about.
  1. Can we just backtrack a little bit and look at your primary and secondary education?
     我们能不能回过头来谈谈你的小学和中学教育？

双语例句

• The finance minister backtracked on his decision.
  财政部长收回了他的决定。
• We backtracked to his trailer hoping to find him there.
  我们回到他的住处希望能找到他。
• The bank later backtracked.
  乌克兰央行随后收回了禁令。
• But the Ministry has since backtracked, saying the spokesman was "misunderstood" and that it cannot comment on the policies of education departments.
  但此后，卫生部改变立场，称这位发言人存在“误解”，并表示自己不能对教育部门的政策予以置评。
• The committee backtracked by scrapping the controversial bonus system
  委员会改变主意，放弃了有争议的奖金制度。
• But Hosni later backtracked, saying his announcement was based on "false and incorrect" information.
  但是之后胡尼斯回过头来说他的声明是基于“虚假和不正确”的信息。
• When Mr Cain said on television that although he opposed abortion, it was ultimately a decision for the family or the mother, he came under withering attack and quickly backtracked.
  凯因在电视采访上提到虽然他反对堕胎，但这个决定权最终应该落在家庭和母亲身上，结果里克受到保守派的狂轰滥炸，以至于他不得不迅速收回该言论。
• And with a view as much towards Chinas military rise as the North Korean threat, America even hinted it might sell Japan the advanced F-22 Raptor stealth fighter ( though it later backtracked).
  考虑到中国军事实力不断提升、朝鲜可能进行的打击，美方甚至暗示，它会向日本出售先进的F-22隐形战机（尽管稍后改口了）。
• Wang Fu-chih not only backtracked Chinese classical tradition, but also thought about the feasibility of poetry and music as an educational tool.
  这其中既有对中国古典传统的复古式回溯，也有船山对于诗乐作为教育手段的现实思考。
• She backtracked, and was given permission.
  她放弃了请求，然后获得了许可。