backtrack

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back·track /ˈbæktræk/ verb [intransitiveI]

1 CHANGE YOUR MINDto change an opinion or promise that you gave so that it is not as strong as it was earlier 退缩，变卦，出尔反尔 → backpedal

backtrack on

The president is backtracking on his promise to increase health care spending.

总统食言，不想增加医疗保健开支了。

2 RETURNto return by the same way that you came 原路返回，折返

We had to backtrack about a mile.

我们只得往回走了一英里左右。

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backtrack• Whitney Hedgepeth started her real life a couple of years ago, then backtracked.• Clinton backtracked and apologized the next day, and never raised the question again.• Since returning from his Easter break in Florida he has bungled and backtracked even in his fief, the Senate.• Quinn backtracked in his mind to the beginning of the case.• If union leaders start to backtrack now, they'll lose their supporters.• Don't worry about backtracking on a bad decision.• The President seems to be backtracking on some of his election promises.• There is increased pressure on Congress to backtrack on some of the welfare cuts imposed last year.• There should be a system allowing users to backtrack over previous links.• This makes it very easy to backtrack your session.

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