step back

英 [step bæk]

美 [step bæk]

退一步，置身事外（思考）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 退一步，置身事外(思考)
  If youstep backand think about a situation, you think about it as if you were not involved in it.
  1. I stepped back and analysed the situation...
     我抽身出来，从局外人的角度分析了形势。
  2. It was necessary to step back from the project and look at it as a whole.
     有必要退一步，全面地审视一下该项目。

双语例句

• I am aware we're not playing well and took a step back today.
  我注意到队员们表现得并不好，今天的比赛中他们甚至退步了。
• Mr Chen decided it was time to take a step back.
  陈学军心想，是时候后退一步了。
• It was necessary to step back from the project and look at it as a whole.
  有必要退一步，全面地审视一下该项目。
• Study its features, but then "step back" and just take it in as a whole.
  研究它的特征、然后“后退一步”，把它当做一个整体来看待。
• The nurse then said something that made the pilot step back in astonishment.
  护士然后说了一些使得飞行员感到惊讶的事情。
• She took a step back, unsure of his reaction.
  拿不准他会有何种反应，她后退了一步。
• We will not take one step back from this square.
  我们不会从这个广场后退一步。
• Let's step back and have another look at this.
  让我们退一步想想，重新看待这件事。
• What they did was step back from the crowd and watch carefully to see where everyone else was going.
  他们所做的是从人群中走出来，仔细看一看别人上哪了，然后，只不过朝另一个方向前进。
• Scarlett took a step back as mutual recognition leaped into both faces.
  原来双方都认出来了，脸上都露出惊异的神情，思嘉更不由得后退了一步。