关于 back off Levin would not comment on the debate last week,but there were signs that the chairman was backing off his hard-line stand,at least to some extent.莱文不愿评论上星期的辩论,但有迹象表明,董事长是支持了他的强

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关于 back off
Levin would not comment on the debate last week,but there were signs that the chairman was backing off his hard-line stand,at least to some extent.
莱文不愿评论上星期的辩论,但有迹象表明,董事长是支持了他的强硬立场,至少在一定程度上.
可以这么理解 back off?可是与文章的意思相反啊?

我觉得你好像弄错了his的指代,这里his应该指的是the chairman's(你可以看一下上下文,看到底是Levin还是the chairman主张的强硬路线).
back off意为-放过(某人)& 放弃(某事)
所以后半部分似乎可理解为:
董事长的强硬立场至少在一定程度上也有所松动
这样理解了之后,即使后来董事长仍继续执行其强硬路线,也就可以说得过去了.