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

• This time round, we backtrack a little to advice more about the air intake filtering system.
  这一回，我们只能一点建议更多的油罐车进气过滤系统。
• 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。
• 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。
• A true gentleman doesnt backtrack on his words, but walks the talk.
  一个真正的绅士是不会食言的，而是言出必行。
• 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。
• 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。
• Most people would rather waffle than tell you something and have to backtrack later.
  大多数人宁愿闲扯也不愿告诉你一些事情，最后不得不苦苦回想当初的蛛丝马迹。
• I'm going to backtrack some of the side roads.
  我要上边路上往回找找。
• He appeared to backtrack on this claim last month, before strengthening the message yesterday that the balance sheet would keep expanding under all universes.
  上月，他似乎弱化了这一承诺。但他昨日强调说，在任何情况下，欧洲央行的资产负债表都将继续扩大。
• We went the wrong way and had to backtrack till we got to the right turning.
  我们走错了路，所以不得不往回走直到走上正路。