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

• If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest possible value from what you read.
  如果你一开始便采取退缩矜持、有所保留或指指点点的态度，那你就在为自己设置障碍，使自己不能充分地从所阅读的书本中获到益处。
• 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。
• They will then hang back on closing the deal
  他们接着会拖延生意的成交。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you don't need the clothes, hang them back in the wardrobe.
  如果你不需要这些衣服，就挂回衣柜里去。
• It hang a little low in the back.
  后背垂得低了一点。
• I'll hang up call you back, OK?
  我先挂了，回头再打给你，好吗？
• Some people prefer to hang back from the crowd.
  有些人喜欢与人们保持距离。