pull back单词什么意思_pull back单词解释 pull back的反义词pull back的例句

1. 退出；退却
    If someone pulls back from an action, they decide not to do it or continue with it, because it could have bad consequences.

2. （使）撤退；（使）撤离
    If troops pull back or if their leader pulls them back, they go some or all of the way back to their own territory.

pull back的翻译

pull back什么意思

1. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

    e.g. We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him
           He backed out of his earlier promise
           The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns

    Synonym: retreatback outback awaycrawfishcrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw

2. stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)

    e.g. The archers were drawing their bows

    Synonym: draw

3. move to a rearward position
    pull towards the back

    e.g. Pull back your arms!

4. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

    Synonym: retractdraw back

5. pull back or move away or backward

    e.g. The enemy withdrew
           The limo pulled away from the curb

    Synonym: withdrawretreatpull awaydraw backrecederetiremove back