backslide

Definitions

back + slide = to slide backward. It is almost always moral: someone who had reformed slips back down into old bad habits — the gradual, involuntary 'sliding' is what distinguishes it from a deliberate return.

Common Collocations

• 1.backslide into故态复萌、退回到
• 2.begin to backslide开始退步
• 3.backslide on a promise在承诺上开倒车

Example Sentences

• 1.

  After two clean years, he began to backslide into drinking.

• 2.

  Without regular practice, students quickly backslide.

• 3.

  The country risks backsliding on its climate commitments.