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back BODY PARTbAkn [C]the part of your body that is opposite to the front, from your neck to the top of your legs（人体）背部Sleeping on a bed that is too soft can be bad for your back.睡太软的床会伤你的背。He lay on his back, staring at the ceiling.他仰躺着，双眼凝视天花板。Harry spent six weeks on his back (= lying in bed because of illness or injury) after his car accident.哈里出车祸后在床上躺了六星期。I'm going to get dressed now--please turn your back (= turn round so that you cannot see me).我要换衣服了----请你转过身去。(fig.) Don't turn your back on us now (= refuse to help or to have anything to do with us).不要丢下我们不管。If you lift that suitcase you might put your back out (= cause a serious injury to your back).如果你硬要提那只衣箱，你的背会严重受伤的。What do they say about me behind my back (= when I am not there) ?他们在我背后说我什么?They have carried on their business operations (by riding ) on the back of (= by using) established firms.他们在正规公司的支持下继续进行经营活动。If you achieve something on the back of an earlier success, you achieve it soon after that success, and as a result of it.依靠……完成The advertising agency secured the contract on the back of their previous successful campaigns.广告公司因先前一系列广告活动获得成功而取得该项合同。He owes money to everyone--he's really got his back to the wall /his back is really to the wall now (= he has serious problems).他到处欠债----他已走投无路了。(infml) Why don't you get off my back (= stop criticizing me) ?你能否别再批评我了?Come on! Put your back into it (= make more of a physical effort) !来吧！再用点力。(infml) He's only trying to put/get your back up (= annoy you).他就是想惹你发火。A back-stabber is someone who says harmful things about you when you are not there to defend yourself or your reputation.背后中伤者 [STAB中的 stab someone in the back]"With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end" (Earl Haig's order to British troops, 1918)“即使我们陷入绝境，但只要我们每个人对正义事业充满坚定信念，就一定要战斗到底。”（黑格伯爵对英国军队发布的命令，）
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