turn one's back

動詞

慣用表現 自動詞 前置詞on

(intransitive, idiomatic) To cease paying attention to something. / (intransitive, idiomatic, with "on") To forsake, to abandon; to ignore. / (intransitive) To turn away, as when fleeing or in contempt.

日本語の意味

注意を向けるのをやめる（注目しなくなる、気を払わなくなる） / 見捨てる、放棄する、無視する / 背を向ける（逃亡時や軽蔑を示す際など）」

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After the meeting dragged on with irrelevant details, it became easy to turn one's back on the core issues.

会議が些細な詳細で長引くと、主要な問題に注意を払わなくなるのは簡単だった。

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意味（1）

(intransitive, idiomatic) To cease paying attention to something.

As soon as I turned my back, he started writing on the wall.

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意味（2）

(intransitive, idiomatic, with "on") To forsake, to abandon; to ignore.

He got off to a strong start, only to turn his back on the project two months later.

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意味（3）

(intransitive) To turn away, as when fleeing or in contempt.

turns one's back （ present singular third-person ）

turning one's back （ participle present ）

turned one's back （ participle past ）

turned one's back （ past ）