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 think we should hang back until we hear about what's really going on out there.
  我认为我们应该留在这里直到弄清楚到底发生了什么事。
• 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。
• 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。
• I hang back from any group activities.
  我不能参加任何团体活动。
• When a thing is to be told, why, tell it, and don't hang back.
  既然有话要说，那就痛痛快快地说出来，不要吞吞吐吐。
• Don't hang back in the face of difficulties.
  不要因为困难而却步。
• 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。
• You iosers should hang out in the back.
  你们这些衰人站在后面。
• It hang a little low in the back.
  后背垂得低了一点。
• 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。