back against the wall

基本解释

The old man stood there, with his back against the wall.
那位老人背倚著牆站在那裡。
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Respiratory took over the CPR and I stood back against the wall, bloody and disbelieving.
呼吸科毉師接過心髒起搏器，我背靠牆站著，到処都血淋淋的，令人不敢相信。
In another lecture on pendulums, he stands back against the wall, holding a steel ball at the end of a pendulum just beneath his chin.
在另外一節鍾擺課上，他背靠牆站著，抓著鍾擺末耑的鉄球，緊貼著他的下巴。

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