1 N-COUNT 后院 A backyard is an area of land at the back of a house. 后院
2 N-COUNT [with poss] （某国的）后院（指本土或该国意欲施加影响的邻近地区） If you refer to a country's own backyard, you are referring to its own territory or to somewhere that is very close and where that country wants to influence events. （某国的）后院（指本土或该国意欲施加影响的邻近地区）
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Economics will not stop Europe's politicians complaining when jobs are lost in their own backyard.
当本国人口在失业时，经济情况是无法让欧洲的政治家停止抱怨的。
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Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, an area that the United States has long regarded as its own backyard.
古巴是加勒比地区最大的岛屿，美国长期以来一直把它看作自己的后院。
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