A climb-down is when you stop holding a strong position and admit you were wrong, or at least that you cannot win.

A climb-down讓步 is是指 when you stop holding a strong position你不再堅持強硬立場，and並 admit承認 you were wrong自己錯了，or at least或至少 that you cannot win你贏不了。

British newspapers love this word, especially about politicians: they promised one thing, then they had a climb-down.

British newspapers英國報紙 love很愛用 this word這個字，especially about politicians尤其講到政治人物時：they promised one thing他們先承諾一件事，then然後 they had a climb-down又讓步了。

The picture is someone standing high and proud, then having to come down. It is not about real climbing, ladders, or mountains.

The picture畫面 is是 someone standing high and proud有人高高驕傲地站著，then然後 having to come down不得不下來。real climbing, ladders, or mountains真的爬東西、梯子、山 it is not about這都無關。

It is slightly informal, very common in news, and often a little embarrassing for the person who does it — people talk about a ‘humiliating climb-down.’ Americans more often say back down.

It這個字 is是 slightly informal有點口語，very common in news在新聞裡很常見，and而且 often a little embarrassing for the person who does it對做這件事的人來說常常有點丟臉——people talk about大家會說 a 'humiliating climb-down.'「humiliating climb-down」（丟臉的讓步）。Americans美國人 more often say back down比較常說 back down。

You will also hear the verb: they climbed down. Though actually, the hyphenated noun is the form headlines like.

You will also hear the verb你也會聽到動詞用法：they climbed down他們climbed down（讓步了）。Though actually不過其實，the hyphenated noun is the form headlines like有連字號的名詞形式才是標題喜歡用的形式。