backtrack
verb[I]
uk/ˈbæk.træk/us/ˈbæk.træk/backtrackverb[I](GO BACK)
to go back along apaththat you have justfollowed:
走回头路,原路返回We went thewrongway and had to backtrack till we got to therightturning.我们走错了路,只好原路返回,直到找到正确的拐弯处。
Returning to a place
- call back
- come
- come back
- darken
- double back
- get back
- go
- go back
- huddle
- huddled
- join
- reappear
- reappearance
- refoulement
- regain
- rejoin
- reshore
- return
- revenant
- turn(someone)back
backtrackverb[I](CHANGE OPINION)
to say that you did notmeansomething you saidearlieror say that you havechangedyouropinion:
收回说法;改变意见[+ speech]"Allright," he backtracked, "It'spossiblethat I wasmistaken."“好吧,”他改变了态度说道:“我可能是错了。”
Theofficerswereforcedto backtrackontheirstatements.这些军官被迫收回他们的声明。
Sherefusedto backtrackfromhercriticismsof theproposal.她拒绝收回对该提案的批评。
Denying & contradicting
- abnegate
- abnegation
- apparently
- bubble
- burstsomeone'sbubbleidiom
- contradict
- counter-argue
- Dutchman
- fly
- fly in the face ofsomethingidiom
- in the same breathidiom
- oxymoronic
- rebut
- rebuttal
- recantation
- refutation
- self-contradictory
- speak
- standsomethingonitsheadidiom
- tergiversation