柯林斯詞典back-pedal (also backpedal) (back-pedalling,back-pedalled,back-pedals) 1. V-I If you back-pedal, you express a different or less forceful opinion about something from the one you have previously expressed. 改變立場 Allen back-pedalled, saying that he had had no intention of offending them. 愛倫改變了立場，表示他沒有冒犯他們的意思。 He appeared to back-pedal on that statement. 他似乎想撤廻那個說詞。2. V-I If you say that someone back-pedals, you disapprove of their behaviour because they are not doing what they promised. 背棄[表不滿] She's backpedalled twice already. 她已經(jīng)兩次改變主意了。 The cabinet may backpedal on these commitments. 內閣可能會背棄這些承諾。3. back-pedalingN-UNCOUNT The paper put the controversy on the front page. And the next day, the back-pedalling began. 報紙把此項爭議刊登在首頁。隔天，撤廻的呼聲就開始了。 返回 back-pedal