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語源

From climb +‎ down.

名詞

climbdown (plural climbdowns)

1. (figurative) A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
   • 2009 June 26, Kate Murphy, “Texas cricket mogul pleads not guilty to fraud”, in The Age:

     Thursday's court appearance as he waited for his case to be heard was a humiliating climbdown for the flamboyant Texan, who sports the clipped mustache and Saville Row style of English aristocracy.

   • 2025 July 2, Peter Walker, “Welfare bill climbdown will have ‘a cost’ at budget, says senior minister”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     There will be “a cost” to the government’s climbdown on welfare changes at the budget, one of Keir Starmer’s senior ministers has said, as a leading fiscal thinktank said new tax rises appeared increasingly likely.

   • 2026 April 8, Robert Tait, “Trump may be using Nixon’s ‘madman theory’ – and similar infamy may await”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     The reward for this climbdown is Tehran’s agreement to reopen the strait of Hormuz, the strategic energy chokepoint through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil passes – and which was open until the US and Israel began unleashing military strikes on 28 February.

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発音

名詞

climb down (plural climb downs)

1. (idiomatic, sometimes hyphenated) An abandonment, withdrawal from, or softening of a previously expressed opinion, policy, argument, etc.
   • 2003 August 7, “Hope for Korea”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, retrieved 30 June 2011, page A20:

     It is interesting to speculate on what combination of factors acted within the Bush administration to bring about the climb-down from its previous position.

   • 2003 September 27, “Mulyam shows his ‘secular’ face again, hits out at BJP”, in India Times, retrieved 30 June 2011:

     His climb-down from the "hard, secular" image was mainly to widen his support base.

   • 2010 April 24, “Editorial: Dalton McGuinty schooled on sex ed”, in Toronto Sun, Canada, retrieved 30 June 2011:

     Hours before his climb down, the premier's own cabinet ministers had vigorously defended the curriculum.

動詞

climb down (third-person singular simple present climbs down, present participle climbing down, simple past and past participle climbed down)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see climb,‎ down.

   It took 2 hours to climb up, but 4 to climb down as our energy grew less and less.

2. (idiomatic, sometimes followed by from) To abandon, withdraw from, or soften a previously expressed opinion, argument, etc.
   • 1992 July 27, Paul Lewis, “Inspectors begin search in Baghdad”, in The Day, Connecticut, USA, retrieved 30 June 2011, page A5:

     But Ekeus said Iraq had climbed down in its confrontation with the UN.

   • 1993 May 24, Michael Kramer, “The Political Interest: Drawing a Line in the Quicksand”, in Time:

     No, but it may be a way for Clinton to climb down from a policy he seems increasingly to view as a no-win proposition.

   • 2001 June 7, Morton Kondracke, “Quit arguing and develop policy to end energy woes”, in Reading Eagle, USA, retrieved 30 June 2011, page B9:

     If they are interested in climbing down from their oppositionism, Democrats ought to consult the Progressive Policy Institute, which has been critical of Bush, but which is developing a balanced, positive approach to the energy crisis.

同意語

• backpedal

参照

• “climb down”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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