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

• 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。
• They will then hang back on closing the deal
  他们接着会拖延生意的成交。
• 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。
• Don't hang back? Go and introduce yourself.
  不要缩在后面，上前去作自我介绍。
• Please hang up and we'll call you back.
  请挂断，我们会打给你。
• 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
• Don't hang back waiting for other people to make the first move.
  不要干等着别人迈出第一步。
• Some people prefer to hang back from the crowd.
  有些人喜欢与人们保持距离。
• 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。
• 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。