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

• Don't hang back in the face of difficulties.
  不要因为困难而却步。
• Please hang up and we'll call you back.
  请挂断，我们会打给你。
• I'll hang up call you back, OK?
  我先挂了，回头再打给你，好吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• Preliminary Report on Hang& Back Technique for Horizotal Concomitant Strabismus Surgery
  直肌悬吊后徙术治疗水平斜视的初步报告
• 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。
• Some people prefer to hang back from the crowd.
  有些人喜欢与人们保持距离。
• 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。
• 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。