climb-down
['klaimdaun]
n. 退让;屈服;爬下
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参考例子
1.It is a humiliating climb-down forced on it by the European Commission.
这其实是该公司在欧盟委员会强迫之下作出的耻辱性让步。
2.Labour is caught between a necessary but embarrassing climb-down and ongoing delusion.
一边是必要但令人尴尬的让步,另一边是仍在继续的自欺欺人,工党则被夹在中间。
3.By contrast, his new position on referendums is sensible and mature: even a climb-down is preferable to madness.
相比之下,卡梅伦在公投问题上的新立场不仅合情合理,同时也显得成熟稳重:比起疯狂,食言要好得多。
英文解释
n.
1.a retraction of a previously held position
2.come down
网络释义
climb-down
退让; 退让, 爬下, 屈服;
climb down climb-down
爬下;
climb-down concede give way step aside
退让;