climb down

英 [klaɪm daʊn]

美 [klaɪm daʊn]

（在辩论、争论中）认错，服输，改变意图（或要求）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (在辩论、争论中)认错，服输，改变意图（或要求）
  If youclimb downin an argument or dispute, you admit that you are wrong, or change your intentions or demands.
  1. If Lafontaine is forced to climb down, he may wish to reconsider his position...
     如果拉方丹被迫让步，他可能愿意重新考虑自己的立场。
  2. He has climbed down on pledges to reduce capital gains tax.
     他已经作出退让，许诺降低资本收益税。

英英释义

verb

• come down
  1. the birds alighted
  Synonym:alight

双语例句

• How do we get into people's homes when there are no chimneys on the houses to climb down?
  比如，当人们的住宅没有烟囱可爬时，我们如何进屋？
• I reckon we'll climb down there and have a hunt for that box.
  我看咱们得往那边爬下去找那个箱子。
• The climb down was the latest indicator of the shifting balance of power in Asia.
  日本的让步成为了亚洲力量平衡转移的最新标志。
• He said lie would climb down and help them.
  他说他要爬下去帮他们一把。
• The management are refusing to climb down and agree to the union's demands.
  资方拒绝让步和答应工会的要求。
• When he was proved wrong by the fact he has to climb down and accept that he was mistaken.
  当事实证明他错了时，他只得放弃并承认他弄错了。
• The speaker's forceful words persuaded his opponent to climb down.
  那位演讲者雄辩的言词使他的对手为之折服。
• Without speaking, we shuffle along the aisle and climb down the metal stairway.
  大家一言不语地拥过走道，下了金属的楼梯。
• Cats often find it easier to climb up a tree than to climb down.
  猫儿爬树往往是爬上去比爬下来容易些。
• Until the ladder prepared well, I will climb down, you put me on hold to your horse.
  等到梯子编好了，我就爬下来，你就把我抱到你的马背上。