climbdown

noun

1. 认错；（争论中）改变立场，让步
   an act of admitting that you were wrong, or of changing your position in an argument
   1. The Chancellor was forced into a humiliating climbdown on his economic policies.
      财政大臣被迫狼狈地承认他的经济政策存在失误。

1. N-COUNT 认错;让步
   A climb-down in an argument or dispute is the act of admitting that you are wrong or of changing your intentions or demands.
   1. In an embarrassing climb-down, the Home Secretary lifted the deportation threat.
      内务大臣尴尬地作出让步，解除了将其驱逐出境的威胁。

1. With a nuclear climbdown explicitly excluded, it will be very hard for the west to make any concessions.
   朝鲜如此公开地排除在核问题上让步的可能，令西方很难作出任何妥协。
2. An official at the Chinese mission in Geneva denied that the agreement represented a total climbdown by China.
   中国驻日内瓦代表团的一位官员否认此次协议代表着中国的全面退让。
3. The site was forced into a partial climbdown over changes to privacy settings which many claimed made too much public.
   该网站被迫对隐私设置进行改动，做出了部分让步，因为许多人都认为。
4. Japan was forced into a humiliating climbdown after it arrested a Chinese trawlerman accused of trespassing in its waters.
   日本以擅入本国海域为由，拘捕了一名中国拖网渔船船长，最终却被迫忍辱退让。
5. It is a humiliating climbdown for a country that, until a few months ago, imported Polish workers to do its grimy jobs.
   对于一个直到数月前还在引进波兰工人干脏活的国家来说，这是一种令人屈辱的倒退。
6. PwC has withdrawn its entire set of audit reports over nearly 10 years for the bankrupt Yukos oil group, in a move that marks a significant climbdown by the global audit firm following months of government pressure.
   国际审计公司普华永道（PwC）已撤回其近10年来对破产石油集团尤科斯（Yukos）的全部审计报告，这意味着在面临俄罗斯政府数月的压力之后，普华永道做出了重大让步。
7. When the remarks, secretly recorded by a radio journalist, were aired, Calder ó n was forced into an embarrassing climbdown.
   这番话被一个电台记者记录下来并播出。卡尔德隆陷入了尴尬境地。