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back

[베엑k]
등/허리, 등뼈, 척추, 뒷면, 뒤쪽, 뒷 부분
후원하다, 후퇴하다, 도와주다

If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
If you go back somewhere, you return to where you were before.
If someone or something is back in a particular state, they were in that state before and are now in it again.
A person's or animal's back is the part of their body between their head and their legs that is on the opposite side to their chest and stomach.
The back of something is the side or part of it that is towards the rear or farthest from the front. The back of something is normally not used or seen as much as the front.

 

 

 

back and forth

왔다갔다

They used a crushed mild carton as a puck, hitting it back and forth the lenght of the table.
Buster and Arthur were walking along the sidewalk with their baseball gloves. As they walked, they tossed a ball back and forth.
Coach Frensky paced back and forth in front of his bench. "Okay, team, this is our first game. The Penguins are pretty good, I hear." He took a deep breath. "But I want you to play just the way you have in practice. Just go out and have fun.

 

 

 

back away

(~에서) 뒷걸음질 치다
(~을) 피하다

to move backwards away from somebody/something frightening or unpleasant
Muffy backed away. "Um, no thanks. My mom won't let me-too much fat and sugar." She shut her eyes. "Take it away. Please!

 

 

 

back cover

(잡지, 서적의) 뒷표지

 

 

 

 

back district

벽지, 미개발 지역

 

 

 

 

back down

(주장 등을) 굽히다, 패배를 인정하다

to take back a claim or a demand that you have made, or something that you have said, usually because somebody forces you to
stop defending your opinion in a debate
Jane never backs down. She always wins arguments.

 

 

 

back down from

~에서 뒷걸음치다, ~에서 손을 때다
(주장 등을) 철회하다, 포기하다

 

 

 

 

back from school

학창시절

She was an old friend back from school. We used to be pretty close back then but fell out of touch after we graduated.

 

 

 

back home

집 혹은 예전 살던 곳에

Are you going back home for Christmas?

 

 

 

back in the day

옛날에, 예전에

He founded the company back in 2001.
Back in the day, paying for something was simple. You only had to choose between cash or credit. But now, smartphones have paved the way for more payment methods. There are so many options, it can be dizzying.
Music was better back in the day.
Back in the day, plane tickets used to be pricey.
A baby's first birthday is a big deal in Korea. The first birthday party is a major life event. Back in the day, many babies sadly died before they turned 1 year old. As a result, the first birthday was celebrated with a big party.
Back in the day, extended families gathered on traditional holidays and ate together. However, holiday customs have been changing recently.
Back in the day, we carried pagers around on our belts.
Of course, car fires can break out with any car. Compared to cars from back in the day, modern cars contain a lot of electric gadgets and gizmos.
TV programs have changed a lot over the years. TV shows were a snooze back in the day, because they were a bit old-fashioned. Plus, there weren’t a lot of channels. But now, TV programs have become much better.

 

 

 

back in the saddle

다시 일하는

 

 

 

 

back into

후진하여 ~에 들어가다
다시 들어가다

Sue Ellen nodded. She stepped back into the batter's box.

 

 

 

back into a parking space

후면 주차를 하다

In supermarket parking lots, people usually back into a parking space. This makes it difficult to load things in the trunk. Many fender-benders take place while parking, too.

 

 

 

back off

(의견등을) 철회하다,
~에서 (한발짝) 물러나다,
그만두다
참견하지 않다. 물러서다.
(주장 등을) 굽히다.

to stop threatening or annoying somebody
to decide not to continue to do something or support an idea, in order to avoid a difficult or unpleasant situation
I'm going to back off on giving my students so much homework.
When I told him to back off, he got angry.
I guess you're right. I'll back off.

 

 

 

back out

(하기로 했던 일에서) 빠지다
철회, 탈퇴, 취소

to withdraw (from an agreement, etc)
Now that he had started making up a story, he couldn't back out.
not keep (a promise, agreement, deal)
"The best thing to do is to go right back out," said Boka.
But I don't even have a fishing license. I'd better call him and back out of it.
Sam backed out at the last second.

 

 

 

back out of

약속을 저버리다
약속을 취소하다, 철회하다
~를 취소하다, 번복하다

to decide not to do something that you had agreed or promised to do
not keep (a promise, agreement, deal)
He backed out of buying our house because he couldn't get a loan.
Shawn: I'm going to call him and back out of it.
The airline backed out of the deal.
Sam backed out of the agreement at the last second.

 

 

 

back someone up

~을 뒷받침하다/도와주다
~을 지지하다

give support
You need examples to back up your opinion.

 

 

 

back something into

후진해서 ~에 박다

Another time, I put the car in reverse on a back street. By accident, I backed it into a wall. The rear fender was in shambles.
He backed the car into a parking spot.
She backed herself into a corner.

 

 

 

back something up

(파일, 프로그램을) 백업하다

(computing) to make a copy of a file, a program, etc. that can be used if the original one is lost or damaged
to add something extra to something, especially as a support

 

 

 

back street

뒷골목
뒷동네, 불법 행위

A back street in a town or city is a small, narrow street with very little traffic.
The back streets of a town or city are the areas of small, old, poor streets rather than the richer or newer areas.
Back street activities are carried out unofficially, secretly, and often illegally.
Another time, I put the car in reverse on a back street. By accident, I backed it into a wall. The rear fender was in shambles.

 

 

 

back then

그 당시에

When I was in junior high, we didn't have Facebook back then.
What types of music did you enjoy back then?
I was so childish back then.
Back then, no one had a smartphone.
Their family didn't have much money back then.
She was rather quiet back then, but now she's a chatterbox.
Thirty years ago things were different. Back then we didn't have computers.

 

 

 

back there

아까, 방금

Who were you talking to back there?
Did you see the car accident back there?
We already talked about that issue back there.

 

 

 

back to back

등을 맞대고, 연이어서, 연속으로

Then I watched all three LOTRs back to back.
Sharon: What if you had another class back-to-back? You'd always be late for that class.

 

 

 

back to square one

원점으로 돌아가다

returning to the starting point
A: I heard the prototype of the new 3D printer completely failed today. B: Yeah, it's back to square one for the design team.
When my first business failed, I went back to square one and started another one.

 

 

 

back up

(차를) 후진시키다
뒤로 가다
뒷받침하다

to move backwards a short distance, especially in a vehicle; to make somebody/something move backwards a short distance
if traffic backs up or is backed up, it cannot move and forms a long line
I went to a repair shop for an estimate. The quote was eye-popping. I didn't want to charge it to insurance, because it was my own fault. Since then, I'm much more careful when backing up.
move backwards, reverse
Could you back up a little so I can open this drawer.
You should share some facts to back up your point.