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

• 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。
• For some car buyers, the big drop in price may easily offset the backsliding.
  对一些汽车购买者，价格的大落差很容易抵消（经济）衰退。
• Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.
  你们这背道的儿女阿，回来吧。我要医治你们背道的病。
• And it has also exasperated the EU by backsliding on promised improvements to the judiciary and legal system.
  同时，他也因在推进司法及法律体制改革上出尔反尔而惹恼了欧盟。
• Might the stronger Republican contingent lessen the risk of protectionist backsliding and even improve prospects for concluding the Doha round?
  更强硬的共和党人会降低保护主义抬头的风险，甚至增加完成多哈回合谈判的可能性吗？
• Spiritual weakness or backsliding can easily prevent our walking with and for Christ.
  同样地，灵命软弱或倒退的基督徒，也不能遵基督而行。
• Critics accused the government of backsliding on the issue of welfare.
  批评者指责政府又在福利问题上犯错误。
• You are backsliding into the flames of hell.
  你现在正在倒退到地狱的火焰中。
• 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。