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 backpedal [,bæk'pedl]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vi. 倒踏脚踏板, 后退, 变卦

  1. 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。


backpedal
[ verb ]
  1. pedal backwards on a bicycle

  2. <verb.motion>
  3. step backwards, in boxing

  4. <verb.motion>
  5. modify one's opinion, make it less strong

  6. <verb.cognition>


backpedal \back"ped*al\ v. i.
1. pedal backwards, as on a bicycle.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. step backwards, in boxing.
[WordNet 1.5]

3. modify one' opinion, usually by making it less strong or
adding qualifications.
[WordNet 1.5]

  1. The White House quickly began to backpedal to deal with panicky Republicans.
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