英语释义

1. something on which one can fall back reserve —often used attributively
a fallback careera fallback position

2. a falling back retreat

3. something that falls back
the fallback from an explosion

4. retreat, recede

5. to have recourse to
had to fall back on their reserves

英汉例句

• i tried ordering new dishes unsuccessfully (really need to work on my pronunciation), and fell back on my tried and true 「gong bao ji ding」 or kung pao chicken.

  我试着点一些新的菜式，但是失败了（我需要练习我的发音了），最后只好又点了吃了很多次但我发音正确的「宫宝鸡丁」或者「kungpao鸡」。

• but for all the excitement, there were plenty who wanted to throw cold water on the party—indeed, the market fell back on august 21st.

  但是，所有这些兴奋情绪很快被人泼了冷水——事实上，8月21日市场已开始回落。

• the notion of protecting the main cities and roads is not new.the russians fell back on such a strategy in their ill-fated war in afghanistan of 1979-89.

  守卫主要城市以及道路的想法并不新鲜，俄国人在他们所经历的那场不幸的阿富汗战争（1979-1989）中，也曾求助于此类战略；

• unable to show solid progress, mr blair fell back on the techniques of opposition, spinning the news to convey an impression of activity and progress.

  布莱尔先生不得不采取一般反对派才用的战术，他制造新闻以加深公众对其行动和政绩的印象。

• rather, it fell back on an old principle which bars the patenting of abstract ideas.

  倒不如说，它退回到了旧的原则，后者禁止授予抽象的观念专利权。

• in desperation, he fell back on the women in his family, trying to use them as an influence among the active farmers to soften the settlement.

  绝望之中，他们拿出自己的妻女作为最后的法宝，妄图通过她们勾引农民积极分子，以缓和清算斗争的势头。

• he fell back on the old argument that if you educate women they won「t be such good wives and mothers.

  他重弹老调，说如果给妇女受教育的机会，她们就不会是这样的贤妻良母了。

• abbandando fell back on the pillow. his eyes lost their wild gleam of hope.

  阿班丹多重新躺在枕头上了，眼睛失去了平时所特有的希望的光芒。

• i had had a long day, so after i unpacked, i fell back on the bed exhausted.

  忙了一整天的我，精疲力尽，整理好行李后，就一头倒在床上。

• a young nurse spoke up. she had been giving the patient a sleeping pill when the patient said she felt dizzy and fell back on the bed, unresponsive.

  一位年轻的护士说，她在给病人服用安眠药时，病人说她感到头晕脑涨然后跌回到了床上，没有了反应。

• they normally fell back on one of three arguments.

  他们通常借助三个论据之一。1。被…迷住；爱上。

• their brains were apparently too busy to rationalize their selfishness, so they fell back on their intuitive feelings about fairness.

  显然，他们的大脑因为太过忙碌而无法寻找借口将自己的自私行为合理化，于是，他们又重新找回了对公平的直觉判断。

• when asked what it meant by pollsters, most struggled, then fell back on such banalities as 「the stiff upper lip」 and 「drinking tea」.

  当民意测验专家们被问及该定义时，通常也是很犹豫，最后只好打出一些陈词滥调如「僵硬的上嘴唇」和「喝茶」等。

• dennis tore the card into a dozen pieces, flung them across the room, then fell back on the bed and stared at the ceiling for a half hour. trying to calm himself.

  丹尼斯把贺卡撕个粉碎，撒得房间里到处都是，然后倒在床上，盯着天花板盯了半个小时，努力让自己平息下来。

• fantine fell back on her pillow.

  芳汀又倒在枕头上了。

• he fell back on the philosophy that yahoo should be users」 「starting-point」 for the internet.

  他重拾往日观点，即雅虎应成为用户登录互联网的「起点」。

• abbandando fell back on the pillow.

  阿班旦多倒回在枕头上。

• chinese shares fell back on the latest trade figures, following signs that net exports - a key driver of chinese growth - may be flagging.

  中国贸易回落到最近交易数值，随之而来的信号就是纯出口业-中国经济增长的关键动力-可能会衰弱。

相似词

drop back退后；落在后面

pull out离开，撤离；拔出；渡过难关；恢复健康；折叠的大张插页；飞机进场重新飞起

recede撤回

retire退休；退隐；退兵信号

retreat撤退；退避；向后倾

withdraw撤退；离开

相反词

advance预先的；先行的