climb down

Word family adjectiveclimbablenounclimberclimbingverbclimb

Examples from the Corpus

climb down• a humiliating climbdown by the government over their economic policies• Neither side in the dispute has been willing to climb down.• European Court decisions have forced several employers to climb down and change their policy on women's pay.

ˈclimb-down noun [countableC usually singular] British EnglishBrE

an occasion when you admit that you were wrong 认错

a humiliating climb-down by the government

政府的狼狈认错

Examples from the Corpus

climb-down• Better an early climb-down in some sheltered private meeting, he argued, than a humiliation on the floor of the House.

词汇	climb down
释义	climb down Word family adjectiveclimbablenounclimberclimbingverbclimb Examples from the Corpus climb down• a humiliating climbdown by the government over their economic policies• Neither side in the dispute has been willing to climb down.• European Court decisions have forced several employers to climb down and change their policy on women's pay. ˈclimb-down noun [countableC usually singular] British EnglishBrE an occasion when you admit that you were wrong 认错 a humiliating climb-down by the government 政府的狼狈认错 Examples from the Corpus climb-down• Better an early climb-down in some sheltered private meeting, he argued, than a humiliation on the floor of the House.
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