backdown

美 ['bæk?da?n] 　英 ['bæk?da?n]

• na.〈口〉原先要求[主張,態(tài)度,聲明]的改變；讓步；退卻
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)背身運(yùn)球；靠打；放棄

詞形變化

復(fù)數(shù)：backdowns  

英漢解釋

na.	1. 〈口〉原先要求[主張,態(tài)度,聲明]的改變;讓步;退卻

英英解釋

n.	1. the abandonment of a course of action or an opinion in the face of opposition from other people

例句

When theAuthor's Guild tried to getAmazon to curtail its used-book market, the companyrefused to backdown.

當(dāng)美國(guó)著作權(quán)協(xié)會(huì)試圖讓亞馬遜縮減其舊書(shū)市場(chǎng)的時(shí)候，這家公司拒絕讓步。