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 gave her a lift back out to her house
  我让她搭我的便车回家。
• We want to back out of the deal.
  我们想退出这场交易。
• 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！
• If you can back out of trouble you can experiment.
  如果你能过很好的处理遇到的麻烦，那你就可以进行试验。
• She could not, in good conscience, back out on her deal with him.
  凭良心她不能背弃与他达成的协议。
• Once you've given your word, don't try to back out.
  一旦许下诺言，就不要想翻悔。
• You know you can still back out of it, right?
  你知道你还是可以取消的，对吧？
• You wenthome, came back out again, andthen you hid your little toy.
  你到了家，又回去了，接着又把你的小玩具藏起来了。
• I could pay you back out of my lifeguard salary.
  我可以从我当救生员的钱里拿出来还你。
• I had to bend them back out to get the lids to fit right.
  我不得不弯回来了让盖子，以适应的权利。