back off

英 [bæk ɒf]

美 [bæk ɔːf]

（为避免问题或冲突而）后退，避让，退缩; 放弃，收回（主张、要求、承诺等）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB （为避免问题或冲突而）后退，避让，退缩
  If youback off, you move away in order to avoid problems or a fight.
  1. They backed off in horror.
     他们心怀恐惧地退缩了。
• PHRASAL VERB 放弃，收回（主张、要求、承诺等）
  If youback off froma claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, or if youback offit, you withdraw it.
  1. A spokesman says the president has backed off from his threat to boycott the conference...
     一位发言人表示总统已经收回了他将抵制这次会议的威胁。
  2. The union has publicly backed off that demand.
     工会已经公开撤回了那项要求。
• PHRASAL VERB 别插手；别干涉
  If you tell someone toback off, you are telling them to stop interfering.
  1. Back off, Mom, I'm old enough to make my own decisions!
     你别管，妈妈，我已经能够自己作决定了！

英英释义

verb

• move backwards from a certain position
  1. The bully had to back down
  Synonym:back upback down
• remove oneself from an obligation
  1. He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved
  Synonym:chicken outpull outback downbow out

双语例句

• Everywhere I turned, people told me to back off, get lost.
  我查到的每一个地方，人们都告诉我不要查了。
• You're stronger than this guy. don't back up! Don't back off!
  你比他强壮，不要后退！不要后退！
• You step up, and I'll back off.
  你带种我就闭嘴。
• I could drop you back off with the crops if you'd prefer.
  若你喜欢我可以把你们再还给警察。
• You need to back off on the leverage.
  你必须降低你的杠杆。
• But Google stalled, hoping that after the Olympics the Chinese would back off.
  其他的搜索引擎，包括微软的，都对这一限制妥协了。但谷歌还在拖延，希望奥林匹克运动会结束后，中国就会让步。
• That's why your father backed off, and that's why you'll back off.
  这正是你爸爸后退的原因，也是你后退的原因。
• Back off! There's no need to yell at me.
  走开点！没必要对我大喊大叫。
• They backed off in horror.
  他们心怀恐惧地退缩了。
• You can offer your help to others but back off if they appear to be offended by your persistence.
  你可以向他人提供帮助，然而若他们因你的坚持而感到被冒犯了，那么你还是放弃为好。