🄰 vi.
1.(move backwards)(为避免问题或冲突)后退, 避让, 退缩
They backed off in horror.他们吓得直往后退。
2.<非正式>(stop criticizing)不再指手画脚；放手不管
Back off Mom, I can make my own decisions!别再管我了, 妈妈, 我可以自己拿主意了！
If he really did become successful and more adult, maybe his father would back off.如果他真的干出了名堂, 并且变得更成熟一些, 或许他父亲就会放手。
🄱 vt. fus.
(withdraw)to back off sth放弃, 收回(主张、要求、承诺等)
The union has backed off that demand.工会已经撤回了那项要求。
to back off from sth放弃…