step back

英 [step bæk]

美 [step bæk]

退一步，置身事外（思考）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 退一步，置身事外(思考)
  If youstep backand think about a situation, you think about it as if you were not involved in it.
  1. I stepped back and analysed the situation...
     我抽身出来，从局外人的角度分析了形势。
  2. It was necessary to step back from the project and look at it as a whole.
     有必要退一步，全面地审视一下该项目。

双语例句

• I tried to step back, but he held my upper arms too tightly.
  我试图往后退，但他将我的上臂抓得太紧了。
• I am aware we're not playing well and took a step back today.
  我注意到队员们表现得并不好，今天的比赛中他们甚至退步了。
• Scarlett took a step back as mutual recognition leaped into both faces.
  原来双方都认出来了，脸上都露出惊异的神情，思嘉更不由得后退了一步。
• What they did was step back from the crowd and watch carefully to see where everyone else was going.
  他们所做的是从人群中走出来，仔细看一看别人上哪了，然后，只不过朝另一个方向前进。
• Step back because I'll break the lock.
  退后一点，我要砸锁了。
• She took a step back, unsure of his reaction.
  拿不准他会有何种反应，她后退了一步。
• Encouraging? Of course; but let's take a step back again in time.
  是鼓励吗？当然；但是，让我们再次及时地后退一步。
• After an experience like this, I am in no rush to step back into a showroom anytime soon.
  有了这样的经验之后，我短期内再也不想踏入汽车经销店了。
• We will not take one step back from this square.
  我们不会从这个广场后退一步。
• Let's step back a bit to think about what is really happening here.
  让我们回头想想这里面真正发生了什么。