English Dictionary

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）」

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。

意味（1）

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

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

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.

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 ）