climb down

US ['klaɪmdaʊn]
UK ['klaɪmdaʊn]
  • n.认错；（争论中）改变立场
  • Web让步；爬下；屈服
Simple Present：climbs down  Present Participle：climbing down  Past Tense：climbed down  

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climbdown
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认错；（争论中）改变立场，让步an act of admitting that you were wrong, or of changing your position in an argument
The Chancellor was forced into a humiliating climbdown on his economic policies.
财政大臣被迫狼狈地承认他的经济政策存在失误。

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The exposure of the company files has contributed to Trafigura's climbdown after three years of bitterly contested legal battles.
该公司的文件曝光导致托克在经过三年极具争议性的官司后屈服。
gāi gōng sī de wén jiàn bào guāng dǎo zhì tuō kè zài jīng guò sān nián jí jù zhēng yì xìng de guān sī hòu qū fú 。
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Many Tories would also be happy to see a climbdown, which seems likely.
很多托利党员看到让步也会高兴，这种让步很有可能发生。
hěn duō tuō lì dǎng yuán kàn dào ràng bù yě huì gāo xìng , zhè zhǒng ràng bù hěn yǒu kě néng fā shēng 。
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Japan was forced into a humiliating climbdown after it arrested a Chinese trawlerman accused of trespassing in its waters.
日本以擅入本国海域为由，拘捕了一名中国拖网渔船船长，最终却被迫忍辱退让。
rì běn yǐ shàn rù běn guó hǎi yù wéi yóu , jū bǔ le yī míng zhōng guó tuō wǎng yú chuán chuán zhǎng , zuì zhōng què bèi pò rěn rǔ tuì ràng 。
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Moves in the direction of a euro-zone economic government look like a climbdown.
欧元区朝着经济政府方向的努力似乎是失败得。
ōu yuán qū cháo zhe jīng jì zhèng fǔ fāng xiàng de nǔ lì sì hū shì shī bài de 。
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It is a humiliating climbdown for a country that, until a few months ago, imported Polish workers to do its grimy jobs.
对于一个直到数月前还在引进波兰工人干脏活的国家来说，这是一种令人屈辱的倒退。
duì yú yī gè zhí dào shù yuè qián hái zài yǐn jìn bō lán gōng rén gàn zāng huó de guó jiā lái shuō , zhè shì yī zhǒng lìng rén qū rǔ de dào tuì 。
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Hopes for a Chinese climbdown have been fuelled by the expected retirement soon of Mr Tian as Xinhua president.
由于预计新华社社长田聪明不久将离职，它们对于中国方面做出让步的希望有所增强。
yóu yú yù jì xīn huá shè shè zhǎng tián cōng míng bù jiǔ jiāng lí zhí , tā men duì yú zhōng guó fāng miàn zuò chū ràng bù de xī wàng yǒu suǒ zēng qiáng 。
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When the charges were formally set this week as suspicion of commercial crimes, it marked a significant climbdown by Chinese authorities.
随着本周正式将此案确定为涉嫌窃取商业机密的犯罪，这标志着中国有关部门的立场后退了一大步。
suí zhe běn zhōu zhèng shì jiāng cǐ àn què dìng wéi shè xián qiè qǔ shāng yè jī mì de fàn zuì , zhè biāo zhì zhe zhōng guó yǒu guān bù mén de lì chǎng hòu tuì le yī dà bù 。
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Tokyo's apparent climbdown in releasing the captain provoked a backlash at home.
日本政府释放船长，显然是一种退让，这在日本国内引发了强烈反响。
rì běn zhèng fǔ shì fàng chuán zhǎng , xiǎn rán shì yī zhǒng tuì ràng , zhè zài rì běn guó nèi yǐn fā le qiáng liè fǎn xiǎng 。
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An official at the Chinese mission in Geneva denied that the agreement represented a total climbdown by China.
中国驻日内瓦代表团的一位官员否认此次协议代表着中国的全面退让。
zhōng guó zhù rì nèi wǎ dài biǎo tuán de yī wèi guān yuán fǒu rèn cǐ cì xié yì dài biǎo zhe zhōng guó de quán miàn tuì ràng 。
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Some of those opponents were members of Congress who hauled Mr Herz in to testify last year, leading to a partial climbdown on fair value.
其中一些反对者去年将赫兹拉到国会作证，导致公允市价一派的让步。
qí zhōng yì xiē fǎn duì zhě qù nián jiāng hè zī lā dào guó huì zuò zhèng , dǎo zhì gōng yǔn shì jià yī pài de ràng bù 。
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