climb down

英 [klaɪm daʊn]

美 [klaɪm daʊn]

（在辩论、争论中）认错，服输，改变意图（或要求）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (在辩论、争论中)认错，服输，改变意图（或要求）
  If youclimb downin an argument or dispute, you admit that you are wrong, or change your intentions or demands.
  1. If Lafontaine is forced to climb down, he may wish to reconsider his position...
     如果拉方丹被迫让步，他可能愿意重新考虑自己的立场。
  2. He has climbed down on pledges to reduce capital gains tax.
     他已经作出退让，许诺降低资本收益税。

英英释义

verb

• come down
  1. the birds alighted
  Synonym:alight

双语例句

• Now, climb down here. I want to say goodbye.
  好吧！从这下来，我要道别了。
• Until the ladder prepared well, I will climb down, you put me on hold to your horse.
  等到梯子编好了，我就爬下来，你就把我抱到你的马背上。
• It took Dany half the morning to climb down.
  丹妮花了半个上午的时间才从上面爬了下来。
• What, do you think I'm stupid? I have an idea. I'll shine my flashlight, and you can climb down on the beam of light.
  哼，你以为我傻啊？我也有个主意，我点着手电筒，你可以沿着灯柱爬下去。
• Then climb down and begin the rest of your life.
  爬下楼梯，开始过以后的日子。
• The management are refusing to climb down and agree to the union's demands.
  资方拒绝让步和答应工会的要求。
• If Lafontaine is forced to climb down, he may wish to reconsider his position
  如果拉方丹被迫让步，他可能愿意重新考虑自己的立场。
• Climb down to the horseman's resting place.
  爬下来到骑士休息的地方。
• The climb down was the latest indicator of the shifting balance of power in Asia.
  日本的让步成为了亚洲力量平衡转移的最新标志。
• The king's climb down is harder.
  国王下山的路变患上艰难。