backtrack

verb
🔊/ˈbæktræk/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they backtrack
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he / she / it backtracks
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past simple backtracked
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past participle backtracked
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-ing form backtracking
🔊/ˈbæktrækɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to go back along the same route that you have just come along原路返回;折回;折返
    • The path suddenly disappeared and we had to backtrack.这条路突然消失了,我们不得不往回走。
  2. [intransitive] to change an earlier statement, opinion or promise because of pressure from somebody/something(屈于压力而)改变声明(或主张),出尔反尔;退缩Topics Opinion and argumentc2