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

• 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。
• She had, despite the occasional backsliding in training, successfully competed in the championships.
  虽然在训练上偶尔有些退步，她还是在锦标赛上获得了胜利。
• Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter?
  背道的民（原文作女子）哪，你们为何因有山谷，就是水流的山谷夸张呢。
• Such backsliding has been seen before.
  以前我们曾看到过这种倒退。
• 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。
• 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。
• There is pressure within the industry for backsliding on implementation of the 2010 rules.
  业内存在阻挠在今年年内实施这些规则的压力。
• It is fair to say that Egypt's dogged support for regional peacemaking has been crucial to sustaining a modicum of civility in the Middle East, despite backsliding by nearly everyone else.
  公平地说，尽管各方的态度几乎都在倒退，但没有撕破脸皮而大打出手与埃及对地区和平的不懈努力是分不开的。
• Five prominent members of the Group of 20 leading economies, including the US and UK, sent a coded rebuke to China yesterday against backsliding on economic agreements.
  20国集团（G20）的五大成员国（包括美国和英国），昨日对中国提出含蓄批评，指责中国在经济协定上倒退。该集团由全球主要经济体组成。
• Mr Carney, who once played ice hockey for Harvard, not only stood firm when Mr Dimon unleashed a tirade in front of two dozen other bankers but also hit back 48 hours later with a speech that warned against backsliding and a pointed dig at his critics.
  当戴蒙在20多位央行行长面前发表攻击性讲话时，曾经是哈佛大学（Harvard）冰球队员的卡尼不仅没有退让，还在48小时之后发表演讲回击，直截了当地向他的批评者警示不要故态复萌。