英语释义

• step backwards, in boxing

• pedal backwards on a bicycle

• modify one' opinion, make it less strong

片语

step back后退，退后；无意义

rein back后退

英汉例句

• dude, don「t backpedal , you know. onwards!

  哥们你可别变卦你是知道的加油！

• in the wake of media reports about the government」s concerns, officials began to backpedal .

  随着媒体公布政府的担忧，官员们开始转变口风。

• look closer, though, and it becomes clear that mr obama is signalling that he may soon backpedal in various ways.

  然而仔细看一下，很明显奥巴马先生正传递着这样的信息：他可能会马上变卦而这样做的途径有很多。

• she later sought to backpedal by insisting that the settlements remained 「illegitimate」.

  她之后试图通过强调聚居区建设的「非法」性来收回之前的说法。

• to hit the runaround forehand, remember to backpedal quickly and keep your racquet up high as you move into position. once there, be sure to swing out and give the ball a ride.

  闪身正手，记住快速后退并保持拍头高举，一旦移动到位，全力挥出，送球一程。

• hawking was forced to backpedal a bit on his stance in 1997, after new calculations revealed a limited set of conditions that could give rise to naked singularities.

  随后一些最新的计算结果显示，一系列特定的条件可能催生出裸奇点。

• it doesn「t matter if you backpedal or turn and run back to get ready.

  不管你是后退或转身回跑进入準备位置。

• they promised to cut taxes, but they」re beginning to backpedal now.

  他们答应要减税，现在却开始打退堂鼓。

• a minute later, with bruce continuing the attack in earnest, his opponent began to backpedal as fast as he could.

  一分钟后，李继续认真的攻击，他的对手开始以他的最大速度向后退。

• planar strips, vertical stages, continuous backpedal and strong succession are the characteristics of the glutinite body distribution in a rift extensional basin.

  断陷伸展湖盆陡坡带上的砂砾巖体具有「平面分带、垂向分期、持续后退、继承性强」的分布特征。

• while the days when bikes dominated beijing streets seem gone forever, the city is seeking to backpedal on some of the overwhelming trend toward car ownership.

  固然自止车「统乱」南京小街冷巷的期间仿佛未经一来没有双往，现在该市却正在争与为令人难以抵挡的汽车买买潮淌「踏剎车」。