backtrack

英 [ˈbæktræk]

美 [ˈbæktræk]

v.  原路返回; 折回; 折返; (屈于压力而)改变声明(或主张)，出尔反尔; 退缩

现在分词：backtracking　过去式：backtracked　过去分词：backtracked　第三人称单数：backtracks　复数：backtracks　

化学

BNC.21946 / COCA.17377

牛津词典

verb

• 原路返回；折回；折返
  to go back along the same route that you have just come along
• （屈于压力而）改变声明（或主张），出尔反尔；退缩
  to change an earlier statement, opinion or promise because of pressure from sb/sth

柯林斯词典

• VERB 改变（说法、决定等）；出尔反尔
  If youbacktrack ona statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
  1. The committee backtracked by scrapping the controversial bonus system...
     委员会改变主意，放弃了有争议的奖金制度。
  2. The finance minister backtracked on his decision.
     财政部长收回了他的决定。
• VERB 原路返回
  If youbacktrack, you go back along a path or route you have just used.
  1. Leonard jumped in his car and started backtracking...
     伦纳德跳进车里，开始原路折返。
  2. We had to backtrack to the corner and cross the street.
     我们不得不原路返回到拐角处过街。
• VERB 倒回（描述或解释内容）
  If youbacktrackin an account or explanation, you talk about things which happened before the ones you were previously talking about.
  1. Can we just backtrack a little bit and look at your primary and secondary education?
     我们能不能回过头来谈谈你的小学和中学教育？

英英释义

verb

• retrace one's course
  1. The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back
  Synonym:turn backdouble back

双语例句

• The finance minister backtracked on his decision.
  财政部长收回了他的决定。
• Leonard jumped in his car and started backtracking
  伦纳德跳进车里，开始原路折返。
• I am jumping and mixing up the time sequence I know, so I backtrack to emphasise how it has happened suddenly, over weeks really, although the friendship was there for months, longer.
  我知道自己把事情的前后顺序都搞乱了，所以最后我回过头来强调为什么事情会发生得那么突然，只是几个星期的事情，尽管我们之间的友谊已经存在有几个月了。或许更长些。
• Just knowing that this is hard, and having compassion for ourselves as we work through this process, can help us to stay the course when we feel the urge to backtrack.
  当我们想走回头路时，只要了解到这个过程很难，并且记得在这个过程中对自己慈悲些，就会很大程度上帮助我们坚持到底。
• Thanks to this utility, we can now deploy builds to the WebSphere platform, manage automated testing runs, and even report failures and backtrack to the last stable release, all with one-click ease.
  由于这个实用工具，我们现在只需轻轻点击鼠标，就可以将构建部署到WebSphere平台，管理自动测试运行，甚至报告失败，然后追踪到最新一次稳定的发布。
• If a mistake is later detected, then we must backtrack to the point of error and try another alternative. This is called backup.
  如果以后发现它是错误的，我们必须退回到点，再试另外的选择。这种方法称为回溯。
• We had to backtrack to the corner and cross the street.
  我们不得不原路返回到拐角处过街。
• It's especially tough to backtrack through research using new sites with rich Web2.0 features that display extra data directly within a Web page.
  如果你使用的浏览器有Web2.0的功能，直接在网页中显示额外信息的话，那么回过头来寻找浏览过的网页变得尤其困难。
• We got lost driving to Shunyi, so had to backtrack quite a lot until we finally found the correct road.
  我们在开往顺义的路上迷路了，所以我们不得不回头重走了好长一段，才找到正确的方向。
• But we should continue to enforce those reform measures that have proved effective and should not backtrack.
  但是，已经从各方面证明行之有效的改革措施要继续实行，不能走回头路。