- 看过 back-pedal 的人也看了 :
- reconsider
- renege
- take back
- back out of
- do an about-face
- go back on
back-pedal 的定义
back-ped·aled, back-ped·al·ing or back-ped·alled, back-ped·al·ling.
- to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
- to retreat from or reverse one's previous stand on any matter; shift ground: to back-pedal after severe criticism.
- Boxing. to retreat from an opponent, especially by stepping rapidly backward.
back-pedal 近义词
change mind
更多back-pedal例句
- Think back to the Bush-Kerry race of 2004, the Thrilla in Vanilla.
- Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.
- Music is a huge part of the tone of Black Dynamite overall—going back to the original 2009 movie on which the series is based.
- The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.
- So, Islamized teaching sends girls back home for marriage and housework, and remains exclusively for boys.
- I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
- Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
- The boys were tumbling about, clinging to his legs, imploring that numerous things be brought back to them.
- With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
- She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.