后退；软化；减轻；卸下

hacked off───不快的，不满的；厌倦的；恼火的，生气的

packed off───送走；把…打发走；匆匆离开；寄出

racked off───离开（澳大利亚和新西兰俚语）

blocked off───阻挡；封堵

slacked off───偷懒；懈怠

whacked off───用力敲掉

back off───后退；软化；减轻；卸下

backed out───退出；收回；食言，违约

backs off───后退；软化；减轻；卸下

They backed off in horror.───他们吓得躲开了。

The government backed off from a confrontation.───政府放弃对抗。

As the riot police approached the crowd backed off.───防暴警察靠近，人群就往后退却。

Jerry backed off when he realized how much work was involved.───当杰里意识到有很多工作要做时，他放弃了。

On Monday, federal regulators backed off a plan to place stricter limits on how much individual investors who trade currencies can borrow.───周一，联邦监管机构放弃了一项计划，不会为从事外汇交易的个人投资者的贷款额度设置更严格的限制。

But once he'd pulled out his photo album and they saw it was a hobby, they backed off, he said.───但是有一次，他拉出相册，特工们看出来这不过是个人爱好，他们就不再过问了。

The next day, after several Republican senators had expressed support for the raid, Lott backed off his comments.───第二天，几位共和党参议员表示了对轰炸的支持，洛特又对自己的评论进行辩解。

Then scientists said we're going into global warming, and they backed off of that and said we were going into global cooling.───后来，科学家说将进入全球变暖，紧接着他们驳回了这个观点又说将进入全球变冷的环境。

T. Boone Pickens backed off of his much ballyhooed mega-wind project in Texas this week, citing the declining cost of natural gas.───鉴于目前天然气价格的下降，T.BoonePickens在本周撤销了在得克萨斯州（Texas）建立巨型风电场的项目，这个项目还曾经被大肆宣传过。

As the head teacher approached the children backed off.

They backed off in horror.

I saw the knife and backed off.

The company has backed off from investing new money.

Jerry backed off when he realized how much work was involved.

He was backed off the bar.

The rebels backed off their demand for meeting with the President.

She backed off and then turned and ran.

The union has publicly backed off that demand.