1. (为避免问题或冲突而)后退,避让,退缩
If you back off, you move away in order to avoid problems or a fight.
e.g. They backed off in horror.
他们心怀恐惧地退缩了。
2. 放弃,收回(主张、要求、承诺等)
If you back off from a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, or if you back off it, you withdraw it.
e.g. A spokesman says the president has backed off from his threat to boycott the conference...
一位发言人表示总统已经收回了他将抵制这次会议的威胁。
e.g. The union has publicly backed off that demand.
工会已经公开撤回了那项要求。
3. 别插手;别干涉
If you tell someone to back off, you are telling them to stop interfering.
e.g. Back off, Mom, I''m old enough to make my own decisions!
你别管,妈妈,我已经能够自己作决定了!
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