| 单词 | to back down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto back down 19. to back down: to descend as one does a ladder; to recede downward from a position taken up. Also figurative. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] wendOE divert1430 to turn one's tale1525 relent1528 revolt1540 resile?a1597 crinkle1612 to throw in (or up) one's cards1688 to box the compass1714 to turn round1808 crawfish1848 to back down1849 duff1883 back-pedal1891 punk1920 back-track1947 to back off1961 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > refrain from pursuing something bitch1777 to back down1849 to back off1961 to pussy out1967 1849 C. Lanman Lett. Alleghany Mts. xi. 90 When we got up about half way..they all three of 'em backed down and said I must not keep on. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 17 To back down, to withdraw a charge, eat one's own words; as ‘I asked Jenkins, before witnesses, if he had called me a cheat; and he backed right down.’ 1879 F. R. Stockton Rudder Grange x. 113 We're not going to back down. 1880 St. James's Gaz. 11 Oct. Unless the Government back down from their preparations at this point. 1884 Harper's Mag. June 66/2 Be firm, don't back down. 1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves vii. 73 But don't tell me that when he saw how shirty she was about it, the chump didn't back down? < as lemmas |
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