fall back

英 [fɔːl bæk]

美 [fɔːl bæk]

略微退后; 稍稍后退; （军队）撤退，后撤

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英英释义

verb

• go back to bad behavior
  1. Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
  Synonym:relapselapserecidivateregressretrogress
• retreat
  Synonym:losedrop offfall behindrecede
• move back and away from
  1. The enemy fell back
• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
  Synonym:lagdawdlefall behind
• fall backwards and down
• have recourse to
  1. The government resorted to rationing meat
  Synonym:resortrecur

双语例句

• She could fall back on her aunt.
  她可以依靠她的姑妈。
• They forced the enemy to fall back.
  他们迫使敌人后退。
• Doctors sometimes fall back on old cures.
  有时医生们求助于老的疗法。
• It's good to have a friend to fall back on.
  有个朋友可依靠是好事。
• At least you have your mother to fall back on.
  至少你可以依靠你的母亲。
• I like to keep some money in a savings account to fall back on in an emergency.
  我想在活期存单中存一些钱以便在紧急时有个依靠。
• It's good to have a friend to fall back upon.
  有朋友可以依靠是好的。
• Don't fall back on others but do the job yourself.
  别依赖别人，你自己干。
• Inflation could fall back into single figures as early as this month.
  通货膨胀率最早有可能在本月就回落至个位数。
• If these new methods don't work, we'll have to fall back on our old system.
  如果这些新方法不奏效，我们不得不依靠我们的旧系统了。