hang back

英 [hæŋ bæk]

美 [hæŋ bæk]

（通常指因紧张而）略微退缩; 拖延; 拖拉

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB （通常指因紧张而）退缩，躲避
  If youhang back, you move or stay slightly behind a person or group, usually because you are nervous about something.
  1. I saw him step forward momentarily but then hang back, nervously massaging his hands.
     我看到他走上前，但很快又缩了回来，紧张地搓着手。
• PHRASAL VERB 拖延;拖拉
  If a person or organizationhangs back, they do not do something immediately.
  1. They will then hang back on closing the deal...
     他们接着会拖延生意的成交。
  2. Even his closest advisers believe he should hang back no longer.
     即便是和他关系最密切的顾问都认为他不应该再拖下去了。

英英释义

verb

• to lag or linger behind
  1. But in so many other areas we still are dragging
  Synonym:dragtrailget behinddrop behinddrop back

双语例句

• I'll hang up call you back, OK?
  我先挂了，回头再打给你，好吗？
• Don't hang back in the face of difficulties.
  不要因为困难而却步。
• But, as the situation stands, foreigners are right to hang back from sending in ground troops.
  但根据目前的形势，外国有理由不愿派遣地面部队。
• Yet at some point, China will do more than just hang back.
  然而，在某些时候，中国将会有比犹疑不定更多的动作。
• But the high price of it makes a lot of demanders hang back.
  然而路由器的高昂价格却令许多需求者望而却步。
• You iosers should hang out in the back.
  你们这些衰人站在后面。
• Can't swim, I'll hang on here, I shouted back.
  不会游泳，我就呆在这儿吧，我大声回答他说。
• Don't hang back waiting for other people to make the first move.
  不要干等着别人迈出第一步。
• Besides," curtain "is often used with the phases such as" roll up"," hang down"," draw back "and" roll down", which convey implied and meaningful feelings of wildness.
  和“帘”相关的动作有卷、垂、开、下等。由此传达出委婉含蓄、意蕴深长的情感。
• I hang back from any group activities.
  我不能参加任何团体活动。