1 PHRASAL VERB （为避免问题或冲突而）后退，避让，退缩 If you back off, you move away in order to avoid problems or a fight. （为避免问题或冲突而）后退，避让，退缩
SYN recoil, go back, retire, withdraw
2 PHRASAL VERB 放弃，收回（主张、要求、承诺等） If you back off from a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, or if you back off it, you withdraw it. 放弃，收回（主张、要求、承诺等）
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A spokesman says the president has backed off from his threat to boycott the conference. [VERB PREP. + from]
一位发言人表示总统已经收回了他将抵制这次会议的威胁。
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The union has publicly backed off that demand. [VERB PREP. noun]
工会已经公开撤回了那项要求。
3 PHRASAL VERB [usually imper] 别插手；别干涉 If you tell someone to back off, you are telling them to stop interfering. 别插手；别干涉 [informal]
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