back down

放弃； 让步

So I sat back down and kept quiet.(于是我坐了回去，保持安静。)

I drove back down the motorway at normal speed.(我以正常速度沿高速公路往回开。)

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.(他可以偷偷地把他们带到楼上，然后再下楼付钱给格蕾丝并把她送回家。)

The car began to roll back down the hill.(汽车开始倒着往山下滑。)

She wiped her eyes and sat back down near the bed.(她擦干眼泪，又坐回那张病床边。)

I looked back down at the skirts.(我回头看了看裙子。)

It's too late to back down now.(现在打退堂鼓为时已晚。)

We retreated back down the mountain.(我们从山上撤了下来。)

He kissed me softly and then sat back down.(他轻轻地吻了我然后坐下来。)

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. 放弃（主张、要求、承诺等）；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...
美国无意就激烈争吵的农产品补贴问题作出让步。
e.g. It's too late to back down now...
现在打退堂鼓已经太晚了。