1. It is a humiliating climb-down forced on it by the European Commission. 这其实是该公司在欧盟委员会强迫之下作出的耻辱性让步。
2. Labour is caught between a necessary but embarrassing climb-down and ongoing delusion. 一边是必要但令人尴尬的让步，另一边是仍在继续的自欺欺人，工党则被夹在中间。
3. By contrast, his new position on referendums is sensible and mature: even a climb-down is preferable to madness. 相比之下，卡梅伦在公投问题上的新立场不仅合情合理，同时也显得成熟稳重：比起疯狂，食言要好得多。
英英解释
n.
1. a retraction of a previously held position
2. come down
