pull back

英 [pʊl bæk]

美 [pʊl bæk]

退出; 退却; （使）撤退; （使）撤离

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柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 退出；退却
  If someonepulls back froman action, they decide not to do it or continue with it, because it could have bad consequences.
  1. They will plead with him to pull back from confrontation...
     他们将请求他退出冲突。
  2. The British government threatened to make public its disquiet but then pulled back.
     英国政府威胁要将其担忧公之于众，但后来没有这么做。
• PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）撤退；（使）撤离
  If troopspull backor if their leaderpullsthemback, they go some or all of the way back to their own territory.
  1. They were asked to pull back from their artillery positions around the city...
     他们被要求从城市周围的炮兵阵地上撤出。
  2. He pulled back forces from Mongolia, and he withdrew from Afghanistan.
     他从蒙古撤军，并且撤离阿富汗。

英英释义

verb

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
  1. We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him
  2. He backed out of his earlier promise
  3. The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns
  Synonym:retreatback outback awaycrawfishcrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw
• stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
  1. The archers were drawing their bows
  Synonym:draw
• move to a rearward position
  1. Pull back your arms!
• use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
  Synonym:retractdraw back
• pull back or move away or backward
  1. The enemy withdrew
  2. The limo pulled away from the curb
  Synonym:withdrawretreatpull awaydraw backrecederetiremove back

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