climb-down

基本解释

It all marks yet another clumsy climb-down for Mr Kan.
这一切都标志着菅直人又一次笨拙的退让。
But for diehard red shirts, that would be a big climb-down.
但是对于强硬的红衫军来说，那将是一个很大的退让。
Moves in the direction of a euro-zone economic government look like a climb-down.
欧洲经济政府前进的步伐似乎是在走下坡路。

Changing the scheme—probably using seaborne interceptors—risks looking like a climb-down to suit Russian interests.
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