[字彙] backtrack 跟 backpedal
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主要定義來源 LDOCE4v2
(Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, 2005, updated)
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backpedal, vi.,
past tense and past participle: backpedalled (BrE); backpedaled (AmE)
present participle: backpedalling (BrE); backpedaling (AmE)
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1)*(a) to change your opinion or not do something that you had promised to do
2)to pedal backwards on a bicycle
3)to run or walk backwards
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*(a)第一項在AHD是這樣=> To retreat or withdraw from a position or attitude
AHD: American Heritage Dictionary
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相關字
backtrack, vi
+on
1)*(b) to change an opinion or promise that you gave so that it is not as
strong as it was earlier
2) to return by the same way that you came
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*(b) 第一項在AHD是這樣=> To reverse one's position or policy
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To Sum up,
backpedal => i) 更改說過的話 & 允諾過的事
ii) 出爾"反"爾
backtrack => 更改說過的話&允諾過的事
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PS: 在Collins Cobuild, 5th edition,
backpedal [to change your opinion] 是一個定義（不一樣的字，但意思一樣），
並顯示 =backtrack
[not do something that you had promised to do]是一個定義
（不一樣的字，但意思一樣）
但LDOCE是兩者併在一起，而顯示參見backtrack
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※ 編輯: outofdejavu 來自: 218.211.30.238 (05/31 18:32)
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