VERB
改变立场；软化；退缩
If you back-pedal, you express a different or less forceful opinion about something from the one you have previously expressed.
例句
Allen back-pedalled, saying that he had had no intention of offending them...
艾伦退缩了，说他无意冒犯他们。
He appeared to back-pedal on that statement.
他看起来想要收回声明中说过的话。