词组 | roll back |
释义 | roll back 1. roll back sth • roll sth back to reduce the power or influence of a system, government etc, which has been increasing too much: ▪ Republican senators talked of rolling back communist influence in Asia. ▪ reforms aimed at rolling back state control of the economy ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑reduce 2. roll sth back • roll back sth AmE if the government or someone in authority rolls back something, they reduce the price of it: ▪ The Senate voted to roll back the gas tax by 5 cents a gallon. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑reduce, ↑cut 3. roll back sb/sth • roll sb/sth back to force an enemy army to move back from its position: ▪ Von Ludendorff's army pressed forward in the hope of rolling back the British to the Channel. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑push back 4. roll back the years to make people remember something good that happened in the past, especially by doing something similar in the present: ▪ With such wonderful performances at the age of 40, Jimmy Connors can still roll back the years and reach into his glorious past. |
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