fall back
US
UK fall back vi + adv: (fail to keep up)
SC 退却 tuì què
TC 退卻
TC 退卻
SC 无法坚持
The runner fell back after the fourteenth mile of the marathon, when her legs grew tired.
在跑了十四英里马拉松之后，她退出了，因为她腿太累了。
fall back vi phrasal: (withdraw, retreat)
SC 后退 hòu tuì
TC 後退
TC 後退
SC 撤退 hòu tuì，chè tuì
TC 撤退
TC 撤退
The general ordered his troops to fall back.
将军命令他的部队撤退。
fall back on [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep: informal, figurative (resort to, rely on)
SC 转而依靠 zhuǎn ér yī kào
TC 轉而依靠
TC 轉而依靠
SC 求助于 zhuǎn ér yī kào，qiú zhù yú
TC 求助於
TC 求助於
SC 向…求助
Whenever I am in trouble, I know that I can always fall back on my friends and family.
无论何时我身陷困境，我知道我总是能向朋友和家人求助。
fallback n: informal (backup plan)
SC 可依靠的东西 kě yī kào de dōng xī
SC 退路 kě yī kào de dōng xī，tuì lù
I applied to Harvard, but the state university is my fallback in case Harvard rejects me.
fallback n: informal (person: last recourse)
SC 应变方案
TC 應變方案
TC 應變方案
Dave is supposed to play drums in the band, but if he decides not to, Liam is our fallback.
fallback, fall-back n as adj: informal (backup, used as last recourse)
SC 备选的 bèi xuǎn de
TC 備選的
TC 備選的
What is our best fallback option if the band decides to cancel?
fallback position, fall-back position n: (alternate plan) (一旦失败后的)
SC 替补计划，退路 tuì lù
What's our fallback position if this campaign doesn't work either?