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back.slide5bAk7slaIdv [I]past backslid 9bCkYslIdto go back to doing something bad when you have been doing something good, esp. to stop working hard or to fail to do something that you had agreed to do倒退，退步We were making good progress on this project for a while, but now things have begun to backslide and we're behind schedule.我们在这项工程上有一段时期曾取得显著进展，但最近却发生滑坡，甚至落后于预定计划。I've been trying to lose weight by going on a diet, but I've been backsliding a bit recently.我试图节食减肥，可最近反而胖了一点。The government seems to be backsliding over/on/from (= failing to keep) its promise not to raise taxes.政府似乎违背了不增税的允诺。
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