back-pedal

柯林斯詞典

1. V-I If you back-pedal, you express a different or less forceful opinion about something from the one you have previously expressed. 改變立場
Allen back-pedalled, saying that he had had no intention of offending them. 愛倫改變了立場，表示他沒有冒犯他們的意思。
He appeared to back-pedal on that statement. 他似乎想撤廻那個說詞。
2. V-I If you say that someone back-pedals, you disapprove of their behaviour because they are not doing what they promised. 背棄[表不滿]
She's backpedalled twice already. 她已經兩次改變主意了。
The cabinet may backpedal on these commitments. 內閣可能會背棄這些承諾。
3. back-pedalingN-UNCOUNT
The paper put the controversy on the front page. And the next day, the back-pedalling began. 報紙把此項爭議刊登在首頁。隔天，撤廻的呼聲就開始了。