backslide

1. It won't come instantly, and you may backslide from time to time, but don't let that deter you.
   你不能一步登天，有时你甚至会倒退，但不要让这些成为你的障碍。
2. You're doing excellent work now, I hope you won't backslide.
   你现在工作的很好，我希望你不会故态复萌。
3. Why, then, do China's rulers continue to backslide into doubt and fear, and why do they seek to avoid having China labeled a superpower?
   那么，为什么中国的统治者继续倒退式的质疑和恐惧，为什么他们还是尽力避免让中国贴上超级大国的标签？
4. This is not countermarch or backslide.
   这并非“倒退”或“堕落”。
5. Many Christians backslide because this truth is not clearly taught.
   许多基督徒所以冷淡退后，就是因为不认识这个真理。
6. He kept away from strong drink for years, but recently I'm afraid he'begun to backslide.
   他有好几年没有酗洒了，但我担心最近他又故态复萌了。
7. He's a reformed criminal who may yet backslide.
   他是个经过改造的罪犯，然而仍有可能故态复萌。
8. To make a real impact on world opinion, ASEAN needs to work out a coherent policy on Burma, demonstrate that it will not backslide on its tariff programme and show that it is making tangible progress towards its economic community.
   要想对全球舆论产生真正的影响，东盟必须就缅甸问题制订一个连贯的政策，证明自己在关税项目上不会倒退，并展示自己在建立经济共同体的道路上正取得实质性进展。
9. It is easy to imagine what would happen within Germany if an important member country started to backslide on agreed policy conditions, while the ECB went on buying its bonds.
   不难想象，如果一个重要成员国开始违反约定的政策条件，而欧洲央行继续购买该国债券，那么在德国国内会发生什么。
10. Freedom House, an American lobby group, called the Swiss vote a "dangerous backslide" for religious liberty in a country that prided itself on tolerance.
    美国游说集团“自由之家”称，瑞士曾以其容忍传统为荣，但公投是宗教自由的“危险退步”。

verb

1. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

   Synonym:    lapse