pull back

/pʊl bæk/· verb

财经/商业B1

pull back
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Chinese meaning

撤chè退tuì;收shōu缩suō(投tóu资zī/购gòu买mǎi)

退tuì缩suō;减jiǎn少shǎo投tóu入rù

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外wài国guó买mǎi家jiā大dà幅fú减jiǎn少shǎo购gòu买mǎi美měi国guó房fáng产chǎn

Example

Foreign buyers are pulling back sharply from U.S. residential real estate, in part due to a pullback among workers that would qualify for H-1B visas.

外wài国guó买mǎi家jiā正zhèng大dà幅fú减jiǎn少shǎo购gòu买mǎi美měi国guó住zhù宅zhái地dì产chǎn,部bù分fèn原yuán因yīn是shì符fú合héH-1B签qiān证zhèng资zī格gé的de外wài籍jí员yuán工gōng群qún体tǐ也yě在zài退tuì缩suō。

Source: CNBC · 4 Aug 2026

Background ✎

外wài国guó人rén购gòu买mǎi美měi国guó房fáng产chǎn的de数shù量liàng在zài下xià降jiàng,但dàn豪háo宅zhái建jiàn商shāng仍réng能néng吸xī引yǐn到dào他tā们men,反fǎn映yìng买mǎi家jiā结jié构gòu正zhèng在zài分fēn化huà。

Roots · etymology

由pull(拉)与back(回)字面组合引申而来

  • pull(拉)+back(往后)→字面「往回拉」

Collocations

  • pull back from / pull back sharply / a pullback in

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