vi.倒踏脚踏板；(拳击中）后退；食言
Thursday, Artest abruptly backpedalled on his statements. 然而，阿泰在星期四突然收回了自己之前的言论。
Mrs Clinton later awkwardly backpedalled, assuring the Palestinians that she still considered all settlements “illegitimate”, while pleading with them to resume talks. 希拉里克林顿稍后尴尬的回到巴勒斯坦，向巴勒斯坦人保证，她仍然认为这些定居点是非法的，同时她又恳求巴勒斯坦人能够恢复和谈。
10.Perhaps taken aback by the belated but firm Western support for Estonia, Russia has backpedalled. 俄罗斯也许是受到了爱沙尼亚晚来的且强硬的西方援助力量的恐吓，他开始退却了。
