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

• Thanks to this utility, we can now deploy builds to the WebSphere platform, manage automated testing runs, and even report failures and backtrack to the last stable release, all with one-click ease.
  由于这个实用工具，我们现在只需轻轻点击鼠标，就可以将构建部署到WebSphere平台，管理自动测试运行，甚至报告失败，然后追踪到最新一次稳定的发布。
• 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。
• The finance minister backtracked on his decision.
  财政部长收回了他的决定。
• Cleared to enter the runway and backtrack to the take-off point.
  允许进跑道，做180到起飞位置。
• 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。
• At other times, one may find it necessary to backtrack to a previous Step.
  在另一些场合，可能有必要重复前一步骤。
• We backtrack to here.
  我们回溯到这儿。
• 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。
• First they could not agree on a candidate to head the International Monetary Fund or the World Bank in 2011 and 2012. Then recently India and South Africa signaled they may backtrack on a trade agreement initially endorsed by all five countries.
  当初，它们在2011和2012年未能就IMF和世界银行负责人提名达成一致；而今，印度和南非近期又表示它们可能退出五国均已初步认可的贸易协议。
• Do not ask whether we should backtrack, ask how we can blaze a new trail.
  不要问我们是否会走回头路，问问我们如何开辟新的道路。