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backbAkadj [before n; not gradable]后面的She left the house by the back door.她从房子的后门出去。(fig.) The president is trying to introduce price rises through the back door (= indirectly).总统企图通过间接的方式提高物价。The back seat (of the car) folds down.（汽车的）后座可以折叠。If someone takes a/the back seat, they choose not to be in a position of responsibility in an organization or activity.甘居人下A back-seat driver is a passenger in a car who keeps giving advice to the driver that the driver has not asked for.坐在汽车后座对驾驶员指手划脚的人(fig.) It is expected that the former prime minister will be a back-seat driver (= have a controlling influence on what happens) in the new government.人们希望前首相在新政府中充当幕后策划人。Our cat has broken one of her back legs (= legs farthest from her head).我们的猫折断了一条后腿。If something is on the back burner, it is temporarily not being dealt with or considered, esp. because it is not urgent or important.搁置We've had to put our plans to buy a new car on the back burner for a while.我们不得不把买车的计划搁置一段时日。(Br) Back passage is used to avoid saying RECTUM.直肠A back road is a small road which does not have much traffic on it.僻静的小路The back streets of a city or town are the older and poorer areas.穷街(Br and Aus) A back-street abortion/(Am) back-alley abortion is an illegal and dangerous operation to end a pregnancy done by someone who is not medically qualified.非法秘密堕胎
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