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单词 on the back foot
释义
on the back foot
  • 简明释义
  • 防守姿态、劣势、失去平衡的状态:指在竞争、对抗中处于劣势或被动的状态,失去主动权。
  • 网络释义
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    ?受到威胁

    ... to know sth like the back of your hand:对…了如指掌 on the back foot受到威胁;处于不利地位 on the back of sth:紧跟着…;紧接着… ...

  • 双语例句
  • 1
    General Petraeus says that, after years of being on the back foot, NATO and its Afghan Allies are pressing forwards.
    彼得雷乌斯将军说,经过数年的磕磕绊绊,北约和阿富汗的盟友正奋力向前。
  • 2
    Once he acknowledged the blurring of the distinctions between the public and the private sphere, he was always going to be on the back foot.
    他一度承认混淆了公私事务的界限,一直处于不利地位。
  • 3
    Most of his last year will be spent on the back foot-defending his tax cuts and dealing with the consequences of his "transformation" of Iraq.
    他的最后一年的大部分事件将花在他的重中之重上:为他的减税政策作辩护,并且处理他对伊拉克的“变革”所带来的结果。
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