fell back on

常见例句

Fantine fell back on her pillow.
芳汀又倒在枕头上了。
Rather, it fell back on an old principle which bars the patenting of abstract ideas.
倒不如说，它退回到了旧的原则，后者禁止授予抽象的观念专利权。
He fell back on the old argument that if you educate women they won't be such good wives and mothers.
他重弹老调，说如果给妇女受教育的机会，她们就不会是这样的贤妻良母了。
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As filmmaking became a less viable option, Kazan fell back on himself.
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After the currency reached yet another post-crisis high on Monday, it fell back on rumours that South Korea's central bank was intervening again.
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Breslin, 33, fell back on an idea as old as Eve and the apple -- and applicable anywhere in America: luring new customers with a freebie.
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