1CHANGE YOUR MINDto change an opinion or promise that you gave so that it is not as strong as it was earlier 退縮,變卦,出爾反爾 → backpedal
backtrack on
The president is backtracking on his promise to increase health care spending.
總統食言,不想增加醫療保健開支了。
2RETURNto return by the same way that you came 原路返回,折返
We had to backtrack about a mile.
我們只得往回走了一英裏左右。
Examples from the Corpus
backtrack• Whitney Hedgepeth started her real life a couple of years ago, then backtracked.• Clinton backtracked and apologized the next day, and never raised the question again.• Since returning from his Easter break in Florida he has bungled and backtracked even in his fief, the Senate.• Quinn backtracked in his mind to the beginning of the case.• If unionleaders start to backtrack now, they'll lose their supporters.• Don't worry about backtracking on a bad decision.• The President seems to be backtracking on some of his election promises.• There is increasedpressure on Congress to backtrack on some of the welfarecutsimposed last year.• There should be a system allowingusers to backtrack over previouslinks.• This makes it very easy to backtrack your session.