backsliding

英 [ˈbækslaɪdɪŋ]

美 [ˈbækslaɪdɪŋ]

n.  倒退; 故态复萌
v.  退步；倒退
backslide的现在分词

复数：backslidings　现在分词：backsliding　

COCA.35360

牛津词典

noun

• 倒退；故态复萌
  the situation when sb fails to do sth that they agreed to do and returns to their former bad behaviour

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 变卦；倒退；故态复萌
  If you accuse someone ofbacksliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
  1. ...the government's backsliding on free market reforms...
     政府在自由市场改革上的退缩
  2. This may help to maintain the gains you've made and to prevent backsliding.
     这或许有助于保持你所取得的进展，防止倒退。

英英释义

noun

• a failure to maintain a higher state
  Synonym:lapselapsingrelapserelapsingreversionreverting

双语例句

• Mr Carney, who once played ice hockey for Harvard, not only stood firm when Mr Dimon unleashed a tirade in front of two dozen other bankers but also hit back 48 hours later with a speech that warned against backsliding and a pointed dig at his critics.
  当戴蒙在20多位央行行长面前发表攻击性讲话时，曾经是哈佛大学（Harvard）冰球队员的卡尼不仅没有退让，还在48小时之后发表演讲回击，直截了当地向他的批评者警示不要故态复萌。
• Militant mendicancy over the nuclear issue demanding to be paid for every tiny step towards a distant disarmament, then backsliding and trying the same trick again will no longer wash.
  平壤在核问题上进行的“强行乞讨”先要求国际社会为该国向遥远的去核迈出的每一小步提供经援，然后退回到原有立场并故伎重施不会再有效果。
• Yet despite this hard-won progress, Beijing is now in danger of backsliding.
  然而，在取得这番来之不易的进步之后，中国的银行业改革现在面临着倒退的危险。
• She had, despite the occasional backsliding in training, successfully competed in the championships.
  虽然在训练上偶尔有些退步，她还是在锦标赛上获得了胜利。
• That is good news insofar as it means there is no backsliding ( yet) on the first significant progress made in the management of the eurozone crisis for some time.
  目前看来这是一个好消息，因其意味着欧元区危机治理的首个重大进展在一段时间内未出现倒退。
• For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
  以色列倔强，犹如倔强的母牛。现在耶和华要放他们，如同放羊羔在宽阔之地。
• Critics accused the government of backsliding on the issue of welfare.
  批评者指责政府又在福利问题上犯错误。
• Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.
  你们这背道的儿女阿，回来吧。我要医治你们背道的病。
• Gao said another reason for the backsliding was a lack of adequate funding, and the fact that earlier successes in fighting illiteracy lead some local governments to abandon their literacy programs.
  高学贵还提出了另外一个识字率倒退的原因，即缺乏足够的资金，并且在消除文盲上早期的成功导致部分地方政府取消了识字计划。
• For some car buyers, the big drop in price may easily offset the backsliding.
  对一些汽车购买者，价格的大落差很容易抵消（经济）衰退。