back-pedalBrE /ˌbæk ˈpedl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌbæk ˈpedl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they back-pedal BrE /ˌbæk ˈpedl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbæk ˈpedl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it back-pedals BrE /ˌbæk ˈpedlz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbæk ˈpedlz/ 🔊past simple back-pedalled BrE /ˌbæk ˈpedld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbæk ˈpedld/ 🔊past participle back-pedalled BrE /ˌbæk ˈpedld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbæk ˈpedld/ 🔊past simple (NAmE) back-pedaled BrE /ˌbæk ˈpedld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbæk ˈpedld/ 🔊past participle (NAmE) back-pedaled BrE /ˌbæk ˈpedld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbæk ˈpedld/ 🔊 -ing form back-pedalling BrE /ˌbæk ˈpedlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbæk ˈpedlɪŋ/ 🔊 -ing form (NAmE) back-pedaling BrE /ˌbæk ˈpedlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbæk ˈpedlɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] ~ (on sth) to change an earlier statement or opinion; to not do sth that you promised to do 收回（意见等）；（立场）软化；出尔反尔◆The protests have forced the government to back-pedal on the new tax. 抗议活动已迫使政府撤销新的税目。🔊🔊 [intransitive] to pedal backwards on a bicycle; to walk or run backwards 倒踩自行车的脚蹬；倒走；倒跑 back-pedal, cycling, dismount, handlebar, pedal, ride, saddle, speed, tandem, velodrome