roll something ↔ back

phrasal verbphr v

a) REDUCEto reduce the influence or power of a law, system, government etc 降低，削减〔影响或权力〕

a threat to roll back the legislation of the past 12 years

削弱这项已实施12年的法律的威胁

b) especially American EnglishAmEREDUCE to reduce a price, cost etc 降低〔价格、成本等〕

the administration’s promise to roll back taxes

政府减税的承诺

→ rollback

c) PMDWARto force your opponents in a war to move back from their position 使〔敌方〕退却，击退

d) roll back the years British EnglishBrE to make someone remember something from the past 令人忆起往事

Looking at those old photos really rolled back the years.

看着那些老照片，往事历历在目。

Examples from the Corpus

roll back• The second week involves setting up the rod, taking line out and roll casting.• On the opposite bank, Luke rolled off her back and lay on the grass.• The cat rolls on to its back and pushes itself farther into the light.• Donna rolled on to her back, her eyes half-closed, her limbs numb.• He rolled his head back on his shoulders and looked straight up to the sky.• I rolled on my back, stuck my legs in the air and laughed.• Hateley instantly exploited the error, rolling the ball back to Ian Ferguson and what followed was hell for defender Sergei Fokine.• Ten years ago he restored the engine and replaced the tires, had a friend roll the odometer back to zero.

roll back the years• But he rolled back the years wearing his old jockeys' uniform in the Radcliffe Selling Stakes at Nottingham.

→ roll something ↔ back at roll1(PHRASAL VERB)

词汇	roll something ↔ back
释义	roll something ↔ back roll something ↔ back phrasal verbphr v a) REDUCEto reduce the influence or power of a law, system, government etc 降低，削减〔影响或权力〕 a threat to roll back the legislation of the past 12 years 削弱这项已实施12年的法律的威胁 b) especially American EnglishAmEREDUCE to reduce a price, cost etc 降低〔价格、成本等〕 the administration’s promise to roll back taxes 政府减税的承诺 → rollback c) PMDWARto force your opponents in a war to move back from their position 使〔敌方〕退却，击退 d) roll back the years British EnglishBrE to make someone remember something from the past 令人忆起往事 Looking at those old photos really rolled back the years. 看着那些老照片，往事历历在目。 Examples from the Corpus roll back• The second week involves setting up the rod, taking line out and roll casting.• On the opposite bank, Luke rolled off her back and lay on the grass.• The cat rolls on to its back and pushes itself farther into the light.• Donna rolled on to her back, her eyes half-closed, her limbs numb.• He rolled his head back on his shoulders and looked straight up to the sky.• I rolled on my back, stuck my legs in the air and laughed.• Hateley instantly exploited the error, rolling the ball back to Ian Ferguson and what followed was hell for defender Sergei Fokine.• Ten years ago he restored the engine and replaced the tires, had a friend roll the odometer back to zero. roll back the years• But he rolled back the years wearing his old jockeys' uniform in the Radcliffe Selling Stakes at Nottingham. → roll something ↔ back at roll1(PHRASAL VERB)
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