I asked him to come with us, but he hung back.是什么意思？

I asked him to come with us, but he hung back.

我邀请他和我们一道去, 他却踌躇不前。

asked

v. 问( ask的过去式和过去分词 )，询问，要求，请求；

例句
The defendant asked for 21 similar offences to be taken into account...
被告要求考虑到类似的21起违法行为的情况。

him

pron. (he的宾格)他；

例句
They said goodbye to him as he got aboard the train at Union Station.
当他在联合火车站登上火车之际，他们向他道别。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

come

vi. 来，开始，出现，发生；vt. 做，装扮…的样子，将满（…岁）；int. 嗨！；

例句
I've come looking for a bit of advice.
我特来讨教。

with

prep. 和，跟，随着，关于，和…一致；

例句
A waiter entered with a tray...
侍者端着托盘进来了。

us

pron. 我们；

例句
Shakespeare has accustomed us to a mixture of humor and tragedy in the same play.
莎士比亚让我们习见了同一场戏目中的悲喜交错。

but

conj. 但是，而是，除了，只因为；prep. 除…以外；adv. 只，不过，只是，另一方面；n. 借口，推辞，但是，反对；pron. [关系代词，意义相当于 who…not, which…not]；vt. 对…说“但是”；

例句
English food can be wonderful but the normal English diet is abominable.
英国也有美食，只是一般的日常饮食太过糟糕。

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

hung

v. 悬( hang的过去式和过去分词 )，（被）绞死，贴，逗留；

例句
There were no shutters at the windows, and some of the doors hung askew.
窗户上没有百叶窗，有几扇门也歪歪扭扭的。

back

n. 背，背部，背面，反面，后面，后部，（椅子等的）靠

例句
He looked back at the abject, silent girl and repeated his question.
他转过头看着这个噤若寒蝉的女孩，又重复了一遍他的问题。