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pullback

/pool-bak/US // ˈpʊlˌbæk //

回拉,回调,回撤,回落

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
    • : that which pulls something back or impedes its forward movement.
    • : Machinery. a device for pulling a moving part to its original position.

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Examples

  • We should definitely see a pullback, but the magnitude is probably lesser.

  • While growth stocks are flying again, there’s been a pullback in gold and Treasurys.

  • If that wasn’t the case, the recent pullback in stocks would be much more severe, he said.

  • While it won’t be business as usual anytime soon, cuts, pullbacks and cancellations to media spending over the next three months won’t be as drastic as they have been.

  • That could lead to a pullback in consumer and business spending and then another round of layoffs, compounding problems further.

  • Even a modest hit from sanctions or pullback by foreign investors will only add to that downward spiral.

  • Missile strikes from warplanes and helicopter gunships and tank shelling made the pullback necessary, he says.

  • Commanders insist the move is a tactical pullback, but fighters are unnerved as the government intensifies its Aleppo offensive.

  • Others foresaw bloodshed between supporters of rival political parties, and cast a wary eye to a pullback of police.