backpedaling
名词 n.
动词 v.
英文释义
名词 n.
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The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
— Despite the swift backpedalling of the university, the original notice given to stall operators is suggestive of the potential existence of ‘a growing English-speaking elite’ that is ‘happy to maintain the importance of the English language’.
动词 v.
- present participle and gerund of backpedal
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