step back

英 [step bæk]

美 [step bæk]

退一步，置身事外（思考）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 退一步，置身事外(思考)
  If youstep backand think about a situation, you think about it as if you were not involved in it.
  1. I stepped back and analysed the situation...
     我抽身出来，从局外人的角度分析了形势。
  2. It was necessary to step back from the project and look at it as a whole.
     有必要退一步，全面地审视一下该项目。

双语例句

• Let's step back a bit to think about what is really happening here.
  让我们回头想想这里面真正发生了什么。
• She took a step back, unsure of his reaction.
  拿不准他会有何种反应，她后退了一步。
• What they did was step back from the crowd and watch carefully to see where everyone else was going.
  他们所做的是从人群中走出来，仔细看一看别人上哪了，然后，只不过朝另一个方向前进。
• Now it's my time to step back from the game for a while.
  现在是我退出球场，休息一段的时候了。
• Scarlett took a step back as mutual recognition leaped into both faces.
  原来双方都认出来了，脸上都露出惊异的神情，思嘉更不由得后退了一步。
• Take a step back and look at things from a quarterly, semi-annually, and annual basis.
  后退一步，以季度、半年和年度为基础来看待各种问题。
• If you kill a guy step back hide and wait.
  如果你杀害人步后面皮并且等待。
• We will not take one step back from this square.
  我们不会从这个广场后退一步。
• Luis was the boss and he would step back and keep a distance if he felt it was needed.
  路易斯是头儿，必要时，他会和你保持一定距离。
• Mr Chen decided it was time to take a step back.
  陈学军心想，是时候后退一步了。