Would it really be so bad to back down?我们真的不该让步吗

back down放弃； 让步

He proved that he was right and his critics had to back down.

他证明了他是正确的，而那些非难他的人不得不收起他们那一套。

we're making a supreme sacrifice by giving up our power我们放弃了做父母的权威，做出巨大的牺牲

give up放弃；抛弃

She doesn't give up easily.

她做任何事都不轻易放弃。

The doctors had given her up but she made a remarkable recovery.

医生们已放弃了治愈她的希望，而她却恢复得很好。

And which would paradoxically make them respect us even more.那样反而会让他们更加尊重我们

even more更多地； 更为 ... 地

If you persist, you will annoy them even more.

你若固执，他们就更恼火了。

She's even more intelligent than her sister.

她甚至比姐姐还聪明。