backsliding

英 [ˈbækslaɪdɪŋ]

美 [ˈbækslaɪdɪŋ]

n.  倒退; 故态复萌
v.  退步；倒退
backslide的现在分词

复数：backslidings　现在分词：backsliding　

COCA.35360

牛津词典

noun

• 倒退；故态复萌
  the situation when sb fails to do sth that they agreed to do and returns to their former bad behaviour

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 变卦；倒退；故态复萌
  If you accuse someone ofbacksliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
  1. ...the government's backsliding on free market reforms...
     政府在自由市场改革上的退缩
  2. This may help to maintain the gains you've made and to prevent backsliding.
     这或许有助于保持你所取得的进展，防止倒退。

英英释义

noun

• a failure to maintain a higher state
  Synonym:lapselapsingrelapserelapsingreversionreverting

双语例句

• Might the stronger Republican contingent lessen the risk of protectionist backsliding and even improve prospects for concluding the Doha round?
  更强硬的共和党人会降低保护主义抬头的风险，甚至增加完成多哈回合谈判的可能性吗？
• She had, despite the occasional backsliding in training, successfully competed in the championships.
  虽然在训练上偶尔有些退步，她还是在锦标赛上获得了胜利。
• Many of its domestic announcements indicate backsliding on reforms, notably over labour market reform and public-sector employment.
  政府对内宣布的许多事项，表明希腊的改革即将倒退，尤其是针对劳动力市场和公共部门就业的改革。
• Of course, this backsliding of a nation could not have happened if the church had not backslidden or fallen into a lukewarm state.
  当然，若教会没有退后或不冷不热，国家的属灵退后是不会发生的。
• And it has also exasperated the EU by backsliding on promised improvements to the judiciary and legal system.
  同时，他也因在推进司法及法律体制改革上出尔反尔而惹恼了欧盟。
• Critics accused the government of backsliding on the issue of welfare.
  批评者指责政府又在福利问题上犯错误。
• For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
  以色列倔强，犹如倔强的母牛。现在耶和华要放他们，如同放羊羔在宽阔之地。
• Concerns about backsliding from standards on transparency, procurement and anti-corruption are justified but the way to address them is to join the institution and work from within; it is nonsense to argue that carping from outside will be more effective.
  对透明度、采购和反腐标准倒退的担忧是合理的，但解决这些问题的方法是加入该机构，从内部实现变革；所谓在外面挑毛病会更加有效的说法纯属无稽之谈。
• Such backsliding has been seen before.
  以前我们曾看到过这种倒退。
• Gao said another reason for the backsliding was a lack of adequate funding, and the fact that earlier successes in fighting illiteracy lead some local governments to abandon their literacy programs.
  高学贵还提出了另外一个识字率倒退的原因，即缺乏足够的资金，并且在消除文盲上早期的成功导致部分地方政府取消了识字计划。