| 词组 | climb down |
| 释义 | Phr V climb down climbs, climbing, climbed climb down British & Australian to admit that you are wrongHe chose to climb down in the face of pressure. sometimes + onShe would never climb down on what she regards as an issue of principle. climb-down noun British & AustralianThe fact that she agreed to talk to him at all represented a climb-down. sometimes + onThe statement signalled a climb-down on his earlier decision. climb down BrE to admit that you were wrong in an argument, or agree to accept other people's demands: Neither side in the dispute has been willing to climb down.■ SIMILAR TO: back downclimbdown n C when you admit that you were wrong, or agree to accept other people's demands: This change in policy has been seen as a humiliating climbdown by the government. climb downTo physically descend to a lower point by climbing. Climb down from there this minute, young lady! My little brother climbed down from the tree and ran across the yard to join me. climb down (from something)to dismount something; to come down from something. The child climbed down from the roof. Please climb down! |
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