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单词 ass-backwards
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Definition of ass-backwards in English:

ass-backwards

adverbasˈbakwədzˌæsˈbækwərdz
North American informal
  • In a manner contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical.

    不寻常地;出人意料地;有悖常理地

    I never did like to do anything simple when I could do it ass-backwards

    任何事情只要我能够以出乎人们想像的方式去做,我从不愿意简简单单地完事。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Basically, you just try stuff until you fall ass-backwards over the solution to the problem.
    • The philosophy behind this is that the best way to find fun is by stumbling ass-backwards into it, and what better way is there to stumble than drunkenly?
    • I was no longer attacking the slopes ass-backwards.
adjectiveasˈbakwədzˌæsˈbækwərdz
North American informal
  • Contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical.

    不寻常地;出人意料地;有悖常理地

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The landscaping had been totally redone and everything looked ass-backwards.
    • Yes, the process is ass-backwards: I want to pay for downloads that I can burn, not burns that I can rip.
    • To know that before you collect the data is ass-backwards.
    • Whatever happened, true or false, that movie is ass-backwards.
    • This ass-backwards law, for some reason, is exclusive to Quebec.
    • And I think it's a little ass-backwards that you have to take your orders from someone who is junior to you in rank.
    • The funny thing about this ass-backwards argument is that every time I ask a member of the ad-industry if the critics are right, s/he says yes.
    • ‘This is a sort of ass-backwards way of doing things,’ he added.
    • Basically, you just try stuff until you fall ass-backwards over the solution to the problem.
    • This, I think, is one of the most ass-backwards notions of the modern voter.
    • It's my hope that they'll stumble ass-backwards into some miracle cure for stupidity, thusly reducing my stupid rating by a factor of 5 or more.
    • Naturally, ass-backwards types populating movies from this period see him as some sort of devil child.
    • The philosophy behind this is that the best way to find fun is by stumbling ass-backwards into it, and what better way is there to stumble than drunkenly?
    • I understand where she's coming from, and I respect that, but I think she has it ass-backwards.
    • He managed to convince them that they were going at it ass-backwards.
    • What sort of ass-backwards place is this, that it is one of the last two places on earth to permit the execution of children?
    • The world at the moment sees that as ass-backwards.
    • I was no longer attacking the slopes ass-backwards.
    • Lyrical bombs are lobbed at the media, at celebrity-saturated culture, the ass-backwards music industry and America's foreign policy.

Definition of ass-backwards in US English:

ass-backwards

adverbˌasˈbakwərdzˌæsˈbækwərdz
North American informal
  • In a manner contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical.

    不寻常地;出人意料地;有悖常理地

    I never did like to do anything simple when I could do it ass-backwards

    任何事情只要我能够以出乎人们想像的方式去做,我从不愿意简简单单地完事。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The philosophy behind this is that the best way to find fun is by stumbling ass-backwards into it, and what better way is there to stumble than drunkenly?
    • Basically, you just try stuff until you fall ass-backwards over the solution to the problem.
    • I was no longer attacking the slopes ass-backwards.
adjectiveˌasˈbakwərdzˌæsˈbækwərdz
North American informal
  • Contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical.

    不寻常地;出人意料地;有悖常理地

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I understand where she's coming from, and I respect that, but I think she has it ass-backwards.
    • Basically, you just try stuff until you fall ass-backwards over the solution to the problem.
    • Yes, the process is ass-backwards: I want to pay for downloads that I can burn, not burns that I can rip.
    • Lyrical bombs are lobbed at the media, at celebrity-saturated culture, the ass-backwards music industry and America's foreign policy.
    • The world at the moment sees that as ass-backwards.
    • Whatever happened, true or false, that movie is ass-backwards.
    • This ass-backwards law, for some reason, is exclusive to Quebec.
    • He managed to convince them that they were going at it ass-backwards.
    • ‘This is a sort of ass-backwards way of doing things,’ he added.
    • The landscaping had been totally redone and everything looked ass-backwards.
    • It's my hope that they'll stumble ass-backwards into some miracle cure for stupidity, thusly reducing my stupid rating by a factor of 5 or more.
    • And I think it's a little ass-backwards that you have to take your orders from someone who is junior to you in rank.
    • I was no longer attacking the slopes ass-backwards.
    • Naturally, ass-backwards types populating movies from this period see him as some sort of devil child.
    • This, I think, is one of the most ass-backwards notions of the modern voter.
    • The funny thing about this ass-backwards argument is that every time I ask a member of the ad-industry if the critics are right, s/he says yes.
    • What sort of ass-backwards place is this, that it is one of the last two places on earth to permit the execution of children?
    • To know that before you collect the data is ass-backwards.
    • The philosophy behind this is that the best way to find fun is by stumbling ass-backwards into it, and what better way is there to stumble than drunkenly?
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