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

• It hang a little low in the back.
  后背垂得低了一点。
• 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。
• Investors are getting fed up with minuscule interest rates but remain nervous Nellies& afraid to gallop into the stock market and afraid to hang back with their bonds.
  尽管美国投资者已不堪忍受眼下低得不足挂齿的利率，但是他们心中依然充满焦虑和恐惧&既不敢一头扎到股票市场中去，又畏首畏尾的不敢继续投资债券。
• 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。
• 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
• I hang back from any group activities.
  我不能参加任何团体活动。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。