fall back
[fɔ: bæk]
后退, 退却
例句与用法：
She's completely homeless at least I have my parents to fall back on.
她是真正无家可归--我至少有父母可依靠。
It's always useful to have something to fall back on.
有点依靠的东西总是有用的。
At least we can fall back on candles if the electricity fails.
停电时我们至少可以使用蜡烛。
The enemy fell back as our troops advanced.
我军前进，敌军後退。
ph.
1. 向后跌倒
2. 退却
3. 地位退后, 落后
fall backfall back1.■后退, (对方因被击败而)退却The crowd fell back to let the doctor through.人群退后让医生走过去。We made a powerful charge and the enemy immediately fell back.我们发起一场猛烈进攻, 敌人便立即败退了。Our attack was so vigorous that the enemy had to fall back to the river bank.我方的进攻很猛烈, 敌人只好退至河岸。
fall back1.■撤退，后退，退却：We charged and the enemy's front line fell back.我们发起了冲锋，敌人的前线被迫后退。2.■往后倒下，仰面跌倒：She fell back and hurt her head.她向后倒下，摔伤了头。3.■失约，食言：Once he made a promise of help,he would never fall back.他一旦答应帮忙，便决不会食言。4.■落伍，跟不上，缩减：Production has fallen back in the last few months.最近几个月生产一直上不去。Price will never fall back.价格绝不会降低。5.■(海岸线)后缩
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fall back
名词 fall back:
to break off a military action with an enemy
同义词：disengagement, fallback, pullout
动词 fall back:
fall backwards and down
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
同义词：lag, dawdle, fall behind
move back and away from
同义词：recede, retire
retreat
同义词：lose, drop off, fall behind, recede
have recourse to
同义词：resort, recur
go back to bad behavior
同义词：relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress