英語中“后退”該怎么表達(dá)？
1. back out of/through/towards etc.:
to walk backwards in a particular direction, especially in order to leave a
room or building
例：
Hardy backed slowly toward the door. （哈迪慢慢退到門邊。）
Simmons quietly backed out of the office,
his face red with embarrassment. （西蒙斯尷尬得滿臉通紅，靜靜退出辦公室。）
When she was sure the baby was asleep, she
backed softly through the bedroom door. （她看孩子確實(shí)睡著了，就輕手輕腳地退出臥室。）
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2. back away: to walk slowly
backwards, especially to get further away from someone or to avoid a dangerous
situation
例：
"Are you crazy?'' she cried, backing
away. （“你瘋了嗎？”她邊說邊退后。）
back away from
We slowly backed away from the rattlesnake.
（我們從響尾蛇所在處慢慢向后退。）
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3. back up: to move backwards a
little, for example in order to give someone enough space to move
備注："back
up"常用于美式英語中。
例：
Back up a bit so that everyone can see. （退后一點(diǎn)，那樣大家才能看見你。）
Can you back up a few steps so that I can
open the door?（你退后幾步好嗎？我好開門。）
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4. retreat: to walk backwards or
away from the direction you were walking before, especially in order to avoid an
embarrassing or unpleasant situation
例：
He saw her and retreated, too shy to speak
to her. （他看見她就害羞得退了幾步，不敢和她說話。）
Jim saw me approaching and quickly
retreated down a side street. （吉姆看見我朝他走去，馬上躲進(jìn)一條巷子里。）
retreat from/into/to etc.
Perry lit the fuse and retreated to a safe
distance. （派瑞點(diǎn)了導(dǎo)火線，向后退到安全地帶。）
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5. step back: to take one step or a
few steps backwards
例：
Myers quickly stepped back into the house
when he caught sight of us. （梅耶斯一眼看到我們，就馬上回屋了。）
As the lights of a car approached he
stepped back into the shadows. （有輛車開近，他一下躲進(jìn)車頭燈照不到的暗處。）
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6. recoil: to suddenly move part or
all of your body backwards, away from something that is unpleasant or
frightening
例：
She looked at the dead body and recoiled. （她看了看尸體，退了幾步。）
recoil from
She recoiled from his touch. （他碰了她一下，她突然退了一步。）
We recoiled in horror at the sight of his
wounded arm. （看見他手臂受了這么重的傷，我們嚇得退了幾步。）
We recoiled at the prospect of having to
spend that much money to fix the car. （要花這么多錢來修車，我們望而卻步。）
補(bǔ)充：''recoil''還可以用來表示“槍的后坐力”（''recoil''可以做動(dòng)詞也可以作名詞）。
例：
The rifle recoiled and bruised my shoulder.
（來福槍的后坐力把我的肩膀震淤青了。）
The gun has a sharp recoil. （這槍的后坐力很大。）
The recoil of the gun sent him flying
backwards. （這槍的后坐力把他震得向后飛起。）
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7. pull away: to move quickly and
suddenly backwards in order to get away from someone, especially because you
are upset, angry, or frightened
例：
When Helen took his arm he tried to pull
away. （海倫一碰到他的胳膊，他就想向后退不讓她碰。）
I tried to kiss her but she pulled away. （我想親她，但是她向后退躲開了。）
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