【句子】Claire, this whole thing is crazy. Maybe we should back off a little bit. 【Modern Family-S2E11】
【发音】[kle(r)] [ðɪs] [həʊl] [θɪŋ] [ɪz] [ˈkreɪ.zi] [ˈmeɪ.bi] [wi:] [ʃʊd] [bæk] [ɒf]/[ɑ:f] [ə] [ˈlɪt.l] [bɪt]
【发音技巧】should back off完全失去爆破+连读；little美音浊化；
【翻译】Claire，这整件事本来就是疯狂的，也许我们应该稍作让步。
【适用场合】
针对Phil的建议，Claire语气特别坚决：I am not gonna back off.
我才不会让步！

今天我们学习一个相对来说简单的表达，
back off
1. 表示让步；退让；
to retreat on a particular idea or course of action
或者不再干预某件事；
to stop being involved in a situation, usually in order to allow other people to deal with it themselves
eg: Your aggressive approach is starting to annoy people—you need to back off a little bit.
你这种激进的方法已经开始让人们感觉到厌烦了，你得稍微做点让步。

eg: Back off, Mom, I'm old enough to make my own decisions!
别插手我的事儿，妈，我已经大了，能自己做决定了。

eg: Just back off and let us do this on our own, will you?
别干预，我们自己来，行吗？


2. 反悔；不再继续做某事/支持某个观点；
to decide not to continue doing something or supporting an idea
eg: Just before they were about to sign the papers to buy the new house, they got nervous and backed off.
就在他们打算签合同买这套新房子的时候，他们紧张了，反悔了。
3. 口语中，如果语气强硬地说：back off
再加一个感叹号的语气，基本可以理解成：滚开！少烦我！
eg: Back off! I told you I would not go to the dance, and that's it!
滚开！我跟你说过了我不会去那个舞会，就这样。

eg: You need to back off, buddy. I've told you I'm not interested.
你得离我远点儿，哥们。我已经跟你说了我对这个不感兴趣。

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不论什么时候，只要有人烦我，我都会让他们滚开，离我远点。