backsliding

英 [ˈbækslaɪdɪŋ]

美 [ˈbækslaɪdɪŋ]

n.  倒退; 故态复萌
v.  退步；倒退
backslide的现在分词

复数：backslidings　现在分词：backsliding　

COCA.35360

牛津词典

noun

• 倒退；故态复萌
  the situation when sb fails to do sth that they agreed to do and returns to their former bad behaviour

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 变卦；倒退；故态复萌
  If you accuse someone ofbacksliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
  1. ...the government's backsliding on free market reforms...
     政府在自由市场改革上的退缩
  2. This may help to maintain the gains you've made and to prevent backsliding.
     这或许有助于保持你所取得的进展，防止倒退。

英英释义

noun

• a failure to maintain a higher state
  Synonym:lapselapsingrelapserelapsingreversionreverting

双语例句

• Militant mendicancy over the nuclear issue demanding to be paid for every tiny step towards a distant disarmament, then backsliding and trying the same trick again will no longer wash.
  平壤在核问题上进行的“强行乞讨”先要求国际社会为该国向遥远的去核迈出的每一小步提供经援，然后退回到原有立场并故伎重施不会再有效果。
• Of course, this backsliding of a nation could not have happened if the church had not backslidden or fallen into a lukewarm state.
  当然，若教会没有退后或不冷不热，国家的属灵退后是不会发生的。
• Critics accused the government of backsliding on the issue of welfare.
  批评者指责政府又在福利问题上犯错误。
• Mr Carney, who once played ice hockey for Harvard, not only stood firm when Mr Dimon unleashed a tirade in front of two dozen other bankers but also hit back 48 hours later with a speech that warned against backsliding and a pointed dig at his critics.
  当戴蒙在20多位央行行长面前发表攻击性讲话时，曾经是哈佛大学（Harvard）冰球队员的卡尼不仅没有退让，还在48小时之后发表演讲回击，直截了当地向他的批评者警示不要故态复萌。
• There is pressure within the industry for backsliding on implementation of the 2010 rules.
  业内存在阻挠在今年年内实施这些规则的压力。
• Concerns about backsliding from standards on transparency, procurement and anti-corruption are justified but the way to address them is to join the institution and work from within; it is nonsense to argue that carping from outside will be more effective.
  对透明度、采购和反腐标准倒退的担忧是合理的，但解决这些问题的方法是加入该机构，从内部实现变革；所谓在外面挑毛病会更加有效的说法纯属无稽之谈。
• This may help to maintain the gains you've made and to prevent backsliding.
  这或许有助于保持你所取得的进展，防止倒退。
• That is good news insofar as it means there is no backsliding ( yet) on the first significant progress made in the management of the eurozone crisis for some time.
  目前看来这是一个好消息，因其意味着欧元区危机治理的首个重大进展在一段时间内未出现倒退。
• Such backsliding has been seen before.
  以前我们曾看到过这种倒退。
• Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter?
  背道的民（原文作女子）哪，你们为何因有山谷，就是水流的山谷夸张呢。