step back

英 [step bæk]

美 [step bæk]

退一步，置身事外（思考）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 退一步，置身事外(思考)
  If youstep backand think about a situation, you think about it as if you were not involved in it.
  1. I stepped back and analysed the situation...
     我抽身出来，从局外人的角度分析了形势。
  2. It was necessary to step back from the project and look at it as a whole.
     有必要退一步，全面地审视一下该项目。

双语例句

• Step back, door is closing.
  请向后退，车门关闭。
• Mr Chen decided it was time to take a step back.
  陈学军心想，是时候后退一步了。
• We will not take one step back from this square.
  我们不会从这个广场后退一步。
• What they did was step back from the crowd and watch carefully to see where everyone else was going.
  他们所做的是从人群中走出来，仔细看一看别人上哪了，然后，只不过朝另一个方向前进。
• Is to take a step back from your problem.
  让你在你的问题上退一步想想。
• Study its features, but then "step back" and just take it in as a whole.
  研究它的特征、然后“后退一步”，把它当做一个整体来看待。
• That 2020 goal represents a step back from the ambitious goals a few years ago.
  相比几年前的雄心壮志，这个2020年的目标似乎后退了一步。
• I stepped back and analysed the situation
  我抽身出来，从局外人的角度分析了形势。
• Scarlett took a step back as mutual recognition leaped into both faces.
  原来双方都认出来了，脸上都露出惊异的神情，思嘉更不由得后退了一步。
• Encouraging? Of course; but let's take a step back again in time.
  是鼓励吗？当然；但是，让我们再次及时地后退一步。