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

• Any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits.
  南美和中美的几种行动缓慢的树栖哺乳动物；它们倒挂在树枝上，以树叶或果实为食。
• 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。
• 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 waiting for other people to make the first move.
  不要干等着别人迈出第一步。
• 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。
• 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。
• I hang back from any group activities.
  我不能参加任何团体活动。
• Don't hang back? Go and introduce yourself.
  不要缩在后面，上前去作自我介绍。
• To cause to hang back or fall behind.
  落后于使畏缩不前或落后。
• A sharp sell-off in Hong Kong blue chips drove the Hang Seng index back below 20,000 yesterday as investors across the region continued to fret about slowing global growth and the outlook for the financial sector.
  香港蓝筹股昨日大幅下挫，推动恒生（HangSeng）指数再度跌破20000点关口。亚洲投资者继续担忧不断放缓的全球经济增长和金融业前景。