hang back

基本解釋

Before realizing this, I'd hang back and listen to everyone, and take everything in, but sometimes go ten minutes or more without uttering a word.
在認識到這一點之前，我畏縮不前，傾聽每個人的高談闊論，接納他們所說的一切，有時連續(xù)十分鐘（甚至更久）一言不發(fā)。
Shultz’s new strategy met resistance but he was “determined not to hang back from engaging the Soviets because of fears that the ‘Soviets win negotiations.’
舒爾茨的新策略遇到了阻礙但他“下定決心不會因為害怕‘蘇聯(lián)贏得談判’而放棄與之接觸”。
You could label yourself shy, but could it be that you like surveying the scene before you jump in, and you have the gift of being able to hang back and think before you speak?
你可以承認自己的膽怯，但是你可以在參加某個場合前提前去現(xiàn)場轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)熟悉環(huán)境以便消除這種恐懼，而且你有三思而后言的天賦。

Then all of a sudden Smiley's dog would grab that other dog by his back leg and hang on till the men said it was over.
The moon god has to come up at night and hang around for a while And go back down.
月神每晚都得出來，并且在天空懸一會兒,然后才能回去。
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It's a double stranded circular piece of DNA, meaning that the 3', 5'ends that hang off are joined back together again to form a continuous loop.
它是雙鏈環(huán)狀DNA,它的3'末端和5'末端首尾相連,構(gòu)成一種連續(xù)環(huán)狀結(jié)構(gòu)
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Why did Germany and France hang back so long from intervening, pushing up the price of inevitable rescue?
FORBES: Debt Bombs And Oil Spills

If you hang back, you move or stay slightly behind a person or group, usually because you are shy or nervous about something.
If a person or organization hangs back, they do not do something immediately.