back-pedal

基本解釋

Three boys lean over an upside-down mountain bike, turn the pedal back, spin it.
三個(gè)男孩伏在一個(gè)顛倒的山地自行車踏板轉(zhuǎn)廻去，鏇轉(zhuǎn)。
You may have to back-pedal to find ways to make a present endeavor more compelling and marketable.
你可能不得不背棄一些東西才能找到讓現(xiàn)在的努力更加令人矚目的方法。
There is reasonable design and high security on the low non-slip pedal and the access platform of the back door of the cabin.
低置防滑踏板和駕駛艙後門出入平臺(tái)設(shè)計(jì)周到、安全性高。

Georgia introduced assignee liability, only to back-pedal after the state's subprime market started to seize up.
ECONOMIST: Securitisation
Taken aback by the public outcry, Mr Abbas was forced to back-pedal.
ECONOMIST: The Palestinians and the Goldstone report
Almost immediately, Mr Lee's party began to back-pedal.
ECONOMIST: Taiwan's flexibility has not been rewarded by China

If you back-pedal, you express a different or less forceful opinion about something from the one you have previously expressed.
If you say that someone back-pedals, you disapprove of their behaviour because they are not doing what they promised.
back-pedaling