verb
1. move backwards from a certain position
e.g. The bully had to back down
Synonym: back upback off
2. remove oneself from an obligation
e.g. He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved
Synonym: chicken outback offpull outbow out
1. 放棄（主張、要求、承諾等）；打退堂鼓
If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
e.g. The United States had no intention of backing down in its bitter row over farm subsidies...
美國無意就激烈爭吵的農產品補貼問題作出讓步。
e.g. It's too late to back down now...
現在打退堂鼓已經太晚了。
1. 放棄要求,讓步：ask for要求;請求 | back down 放棄要求,讓步 | back up支持;堵塞;后退
2. 放棄,讓步,退卻：back and forth來回,往返,來來往往地 | back down放棄,讓步,退卻 | back off后退,讓步
3. 放棄,讓步,推卻：avoid doing sth. 避免干某事 | back down 放棄,讓步,推卻 | back out of 收回(諾言等)
4. 內線一步撞擊：FACE UP:面對籃筐 | BACK DOWN:內線一步撞擊 | NO MOVE:不做動作
以上就是本站詳細整理的詞語back down是什么意思的翻譯解釋，供大家參考一下。
So I sat back down and kept quiet.(于是我坐了回去，保持安靜。)
I drove back down the motorway at normal speed.(我以正常速度沿高速公路往回開。)
Each time, rates soon slid back down.(每一次，利率都迅速回落。)
He could sneak them up the stairs then go back down to pay Grace and send her home.(他可以偷偷地把他們帶到樓上，然后再下樓付錢給格蕾絲并把她送回家。)
The car began to roll back down the hill.(汽車開始倒著往山下滑。)
She wiped her eyes and sat back down near the bed.(她擦干眼淚，又坐回那張病床邊。)
I looked back down at the skirts.(我回頭看了看裙子。)
It's too late to back down now.(現在打退堂鼓為時已晚。)
We retreated back down the mountain.(我們從山上撤了下來。)
He kissed me softly and then sat back down.(他輕輕地吻了我然后坐下來。)