hang back

基本解释

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.
在认识到这一点之前，我畏缩不前，倾听每个人的高谈阔论，接纳他们所说的一切，有时连续十分钟（甚至更久）一言不发。
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.’
舒尔茨的新策略遇到了阻碍但他“下定决心不会因为害怕‘苏联赢得谈判’而放弃与之接触”。
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?
你可以承认自己的胆怯，但是你可以在参加某个场合前提前去现场转转熟悉环境以便消除这种恐惧，而且你有三思而后言的天赋。

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.
月神每晚都得出来，并且在天空悬一会儿,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.
它是双链环状DNA,它的3'末端和5'末端首尾相连,构成一种连续环状结构
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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.