1 PHRASAL VERB (通常指因紧张而)退缩,躲避 If you hang back, you move or stay slightly behind a person or group, usually because you are nervous about something. (通常指因紧张而)退缩,躲避
2 PHRASAL VERB 拖延;拖拉 If a person or organization hangs back, they do not do something immediately. 拖延;拖拉
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They will then hang back on closing the deal. [VERB PREP. + on]
他们接着会拖延生意的成交。
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Even his closest advisers believe he should hang back no longer. [VERB PREP.]
即便是和他关系最密切的顾问都认为他不应该再拖下去了。
SYN be reluctant, hesitate, hold back, recoil
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