back out

英 [bæk aʊt]

美 [bæk aʊt]

食言; 违约; 退出

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 食言；违约；退出
  If youback out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
  1. Madonna backed out of the project after much wrangling...
     多番争吵之后，麦当娜退出了这个项目。
  2. Wells was supposed to put up half the money, but later backed out.
     韦尔斯本应当出一半的钱，但后来他食言了。

英英释义

verb

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
  1. We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him
  2. He backed out of his earlier promise
  3. The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns
  Synonym:retreatpull backback awaycrawfishcrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw
• move out of a space backwards
  1. He backed out of the driveway

双语例句

• If you can back out of trouble you can experiment.
  如果你能过很好的处理遇到的麻烦，那你就可以进行试验。
• Once you've given your word, don't try to back out.
  一旦许下诺言，就不要想翻悔。
• Please don't try to back out now that everything has been arranged.
  现在一切都安排好了，请不要打退堂鼓。
• I had to bend them back out to get the lids to fit right.
  我不得不弯回来了让盖子，以适应的权利。
• Let's fix me up and get me back out there.
  把我治好让我继续。
• The rain was still coming down in buckets when we went back out.
  我们回去时，外面的倾盆大雨仍然下个不停。
• I could pay you back out of my lifeguard salary.
  我可以从我当救生员的钱里拿出来还你。
• He shoved me back out of the room.
  他把我从房间里推了出来。
• When she came back out the car was gone.
  然而，当她回来时汽车竟不见了。
• I stood in the driveway and watched him back out and pull away.
  我站在车道上，看着他把车倒出来然后开走。