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

• 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。
• Some people prefer to hang back from the crowd.
  有些人喜欢与人们保持距离。
• I'll hang up call you back, OK?
  我先挂了，回头再打给你，好吗？
• If you don't need the clothes, hang them back in the wardrobe.
  如果你不需要这些衣服，就挂回衣柜里去。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest possible value from what you read.
  如果你一开始便采取退缩矜持、有所保留或指指点点的态度，那你就在为自己设置障碍，使自己不能充分地从所阅读的书本中获到益处。
• 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 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。