also fall-back, as a noun, "a reserve," 1851, from verbal phrase, from fall (v.) + back (adv.), which is attested in the sense of "retreat" from c. 1600. As an adjective, from 1767 as a type of chair; 1930 as "that may be used in an emergency."
雙語例句
1. Yesterday'svote itself was a retreat from an earlier fallback position.
昨天的投票本身就是放棄先前所留退路的做法。
來自柯林斯例句
2. What's our fallback if they don't come up with the money?
要是他們拿不出錢，我們?nèi)绾螒?yīng)變？
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. Our fallback position was thus in print before our negotiations had ever begun.
我們的談判還沒有開始,我們的底牌就見諸文字了.
來自辭典例句
4. Your perception that all women have fallback guys isn't true.
你這種所有的女人都有“備胎”的看法是不正確的.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Do we need it now that we have fallback group here?