backsliding

英 [ˈbækslaɪdɪŋ]

美 [ˈbækslaɪdɪŋ]

n.  倒退; 故态复萌
v.  退步；倒退
backslide的现在分词

复数：backslidings　现在分词：backsliding　

COCA.35360

牛津词典

noun

• 倒退；故态复萌
  the situation when sb fails to do sth that they agreed to do and returns to their former bad behaviour

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 变卦；倒退；故态复萌
  If you accuse someone ofbacksliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
  1. ...the government's backsliding on free market reforms...
     政府在自由市场改革上的退缩
  2. This may help to maintain the gains you've made and to prevent backsliding.
     这或许有助于保持你所取得的进展，防止倒退。

英英释义

noun

• a failure to maintain a higher state
  Synonym:lapselapsingrelapserelapsingreversionreverting

双语例句

• It is fair to say that Egypt's dogged support for regional peacemaking has been crucial to sustaining a modicum of civility in the Middle East, despite backsliding by nearly everyone else.
  公平地说，尽管各方的态度几乎都在倒退，但没有撕破脸皮而大打出手与埃及对地区和平的不懈努力是分不开的。
• For some car buyers, the big drop in price may easily offset the backsliding.
  对一些汽车购买者，价格的大落差很容易抵消（经济）衰退。
• The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done?
  约西亚王在位的时候，耶和华又对我说，背道的以色列所行的，你看见没有。
• Gao said another reason for the backsliding was a lack of adequate funding, and the fact that earlier successes in fighting illiteracy lead some local governments to abandon their literacy programs.
  高学贵还提出了另外一个识字率倒退的原因，即缺乏足够的资金，并且在消除文盲上早期的成功导致部分地方政府取消了识字计划。
• Of course, this backsliding of a nation could not have happened if the church had not backslidden or fallen into a lukewarm state.
  当然，若教会没有退后或不冷不热，国家的属灵退后是不会发生的。
• Such backsliding has been seen before.
  以前我们曾看到过这种倒退。
• You are backsliding into the flames of hell.
  你现在正在倒退到地狱的火焰中。
• Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.
  你们这背道的儿女阿，回来吧。我要医治你们背道的病。
• The harder it pushes for fair trade with poorer countries, either bilaterally or through the WTO, the worse is the danger of backsliding all round.
  它越是卖力地与比较穷的国家推进自由贸易，不管是以双边还是通过世贸组织的方式，全面倒退的危险就越严重。
• Many of its domestic announcements indicate backsliding on reforms, notably over labour market reform and public-sector employment.
  政府对内宣布的许多事项，表明希腊的改革即将倒退，尤其是针对劳动力市场和公共部门就业的改革。