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

• I stood in the driveway and watched him back out and pull away.
  我站在车道上，看着他把车倒出来然后开走。
• You know you can still back out of it, right?
  你知道你还是可以取消的，对吧？
• You wouldn't lose. I'd pay you back out of next year's cotton.
  你不会赔的。明年棉花收了就还你。
• 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。
• We're hoping that no one will back out of the deal.
  我们希望没有人会退出这笔交易。
• Besides, she had already made a date with a friend, so how could she back out now?
  况且已经和人家约好了的，可怎么办！
• Haw just shook his head in disappointment and reluctantly went back out on his own.
  唧唧失望地摇了摇头，不情愿地一个人踏上了自己的旅程。
• I'm going back out into the jungle to talk to our friend with the beard.
  我打算回丛林和我们那位长胡子的朋友谈谈。
• When she came back out the car was gone.
  然而，当她回来时汽车竟不见了。
• Please don't try to back out now that everything has been arranged.
  现在一切都安排好了，请不要打退堂鼓。