At first , olympus disputed the fee amount , then backpedaled and acknowledged it was accurate .

一开始，奥林巴斯不承认这笔费用的数目，但后来却变卦了，承认伍德福德报出的数字准确无误。

Fearful of being left out of the high status game , mercedes backpedaled and decided it needed to be in the ultra-luxury business too , but it went after it in a remarkably clumsy way .

由于担心自己成为高端豪车市场上的局外人，于是奔驰变了卦，决定自己也需要进军超奢华汽车业务，但它走的却是一条非常笨拙的路。