backslide [ˈbækˌslaɪd]

例句:

• You're doing excellent work now, I hope you won't backslide.
  你现在工作的很好, 我希望你不会故态复萌.
  
• Many Christians backslide because this truth is not clearly taught.
  许多基督徒所以冷淡退后,就是因为不认识这个真理.
  
• He's a reformed criminal who may yet backslide.
  他是个经过改造的罪犯,然而仍有可能故态复萌.
  
• He did step and touch, backslide front, and hold.
  来自NEWYORKER
• "They need this consistent support base to succeed, or else they backslide," she said.
  来自WSJ
• The Korea Herald says hereditary succession is an attempt to backslide into the dark ages.
  来自VOA