If you back-pedal, you express a different or less forceful opinion about something from the one you have previously expressed.
例句
Allen back-pedalled, saying that he had had no intention of offending them...艾倫退縮了，說他無意冒犯他們。He appeared to back-pedal on that statement.他看起來想要收回聲明中說過的話。
VERB
變卦；出爾反爾；背棄諾言
If you say that someone back-pedals, you disapprove of their behaviour because they are not doing what they promised.
例句
She's backpedaled twice already...她已經兩次變卦了。The cabinet may backpedal on these commitments.內閣可能背棄這些承諾。