backsliding

英 [ˈbækslaɪdɪŋ]

美 [ˈbækslaɪdɪŋ]

n.  倒退; 故态复萌
v.  退步；倒退
backslide的现在分词

复数：backslidings　现在分词：backsliding　

COCA.35360

牛津词典

noun

• 倒退；故态复萌
  the situation when sb fails to do sth that they agreed to do and returns to their former bad behaviour

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 变卦；倒退；故态复萌
  If you accuse someone ofbacksliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
  1. ...the government's backsliding on free market reforms...
     政府在自由市场改革上的退缩
  2. This may help to maintain the gains you've made and to prevent backsliding.
     这或许有助于保持你所取得的进展，防止倒退。

英英释义

noun

• a failure to maintain a higher state
  Synonym:lapselapsingrelapserelapsingreversionreverting

双语例句

• Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. He coolly retraced his steps, removed the blanket from his cell, and triumphantly swung across to safety.
  这耶路撒冷的民，为何恒久背道呢。他们守定诡诈，不肯回头。他冷静地顺原路返回牢房，取来毯子，成功地荡到安全地带。
• Militant mendicancy over the nuclear issue demanding to be paid for every tiny step towards a distant disarmament, then backsliding and trying the same trick again will no longer wash.
  平壤在核问题上进行的“强行乞讨”先要求国际社会为该国向遥远的去核迈出的每一小步提供经援，然后退回到原有立场并故伎重施不会再有效果。
• For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
  以色列倔强，犹如倔强的母牛。现在耶和华要放他们，如同放羊羔在宽阔之地。
• Concerns about backsliding from standards on transparency, procurement and anti-corruption are justified but the way to address them is to join the institution and work from within; it is nonsense to argue that carping from outside will be more effective.
  对透明度、采购和反腐标准倒退的担忧是合理的，但解决这些问题的方法是加入该机构，从内部实现变革；所谓在外面挑毛病会更加有效的说法纯属无稽之谈。
• Of course, this backsliding of a nation could not have happened if the church had not backslidden or fallen into a lukewarm state.
  当然，若教会没有退后或不冷不热，国家的属灵退后是不会发生的。
• The paper quoted an education ministry official as saying the main reason for the backsliding was that many young rural poor were dropping out of school in order to find work in the cities.
  该报告引用了教育部一位官员的说法，认为识字率水平下滑的主要原因是年轻的偏远地区青年在城市求生而辍学。
• The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done?
  约西亚王在位的时候，耶和华又对我说，背道的以色列所行的，你看见没有。
• This may help to maintain the gains you've made and to prevent backsliding.
  这或许有助于保持你所取得的进展，防止倒退。
• You are backsliding into the flames of hell.
  你现在正在倒退到地狱的火焰中。
• Yet despite this hard-won progress, Beijing is now in danger of backsliding.
  然而，在取得这番来之不易的进步之后，中国的银行业改革现在面临着倒退的危险。