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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• Please hang up and we'll call you back.
  请挂断，我们会打给你。
• 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。
• Since then plans have stalled and worries about the US economy have sent the Hang Seng back near to its levels in August.
  自那以来，这项计划就遭到搁置，而对美国经济的担忧已使恒生指数回落至去年8月份的水平。
• To cause to hang back or fall behind.
  落后于使畏缩不前或落后。
• They will then hang back on closing the deal
  他们接着会拖延生意的成交。
• Don't hang back? Go and introduce yourself.
  不要缩在后面，上前去作自我介绍。