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

• Once you've given your word, don't try to back out.
  一旦许下诺言，就不要想翻悔。
• 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。
• Ever get back from running errands and realize you have to go back out because you forgot something?
  有没有试过这种情况：正要跑腿去办事又半道折回来，因为你意识到自己忘记了什么事儿不得不回去？
• 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。
• I'm gonna pull out, I mean, back out.
  我会抽出来的，我是说推回来。
• I hope I can depend on you not to back out at the last moment.
  我希望你绝对不会在最后的时刻变卦。
• I gave her a lift back out to her house
  我让她搭我的便车回家。
• 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。
• You wenthome, came back out again, andthen you hid your little toy.
  你到了家，又回去了，接着又把你的小玩具藏起来了。
• 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。