He made the car's back endblunterand moreaerodynamic.他让汽车尾部变得粗短一些，更符合空气动力学原理。
[C]
a person's or animal'sbottom:
（人或动物的）屁股
Acowwill alwaysturnaround andsmellthe back end of acalf.母牛总是会转过身去闻小牛的屁股。
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Theshapeof the car's back end gives it moredragthan mostcars.
Theemergencyexitsare at thefrontand backendsof thetrain.
Thebabyand Imovedto the back end of thehouseso therestof thefamilycouldsleep.
He's got abigback end on him, helooksverypowerful.
Abouthalfof thiscarbondioxidecomes out of the backendsofcattle.
If youcausetroubleit might come back andbiteyou in the back end.
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After & behind
after
back
background
backside
be hot onsomeone'strack/trailidiom
behind
bring
bring up the rearidiom
hard/hot/close onsomeone'sheelsidiom
heel
hot
in back ofidiom
in hot pursuitidiom
leavesomethinginyourwakeidiom
nose
nose to tailidiom
posterior
rear
wake
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The buttocks
back endnoun(LAST PART)
[S]
the lastpartof aprocess,seriesofevents, orperiodoftime:
（过程、活动或时间段的）后期，结尾处
We're notwillingtospendon thefrontend -educationfor thesekids- so wepayat the back end, forproblemswithcrimeandviolence.我们不愿意在前期花钱，也就是教育这些孩子，所以就得在后期为犯罪和暴力问题买单。
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About one third ofhospitalmedicationerrorshappenat thefrontend, when adoctorprescribesthewrongdrugor thewrongdose. But then there is the back end: amedicationadministeredto thewrongpatient.
Covering everyone withmedicalinsuranceupfrontwouldactuallysavemoney, he said. "Itactuallycostsus more on the back end."
It's hard toreconstruct12months'worthofspendingat the back end.
"Therealimpactwill be on the back end," Foster said. "In four or fiveyears, we willseeanimpact."
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Final and finally
antepenultimate
as a last resortidiom
at the end of the dayidiom
closing
concluding
conclusion
eventually
final
finally
hear/see the last ofsomethingidiom
last
last-ditch
lastly
latest
latter
non-final
the last but oneidiom
the lastsomeoneheard/saw ofsomeone/somethingidiom
ultimate
ultimately
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back endnoun(COMPUTING)
[C]computingspecialized
thepartof acomputersystem,pieceofsoftware, etc., wheredataisstoredorprocessedratherthan thepartsthat areseenanddirectlyused by theuser:
（电脑系统的）后台，后端
Two of the mostpopularSQL backendsare MySQL and SQL Server.其中最流行的两个SQL后端是MySQL和SQL 服务器。
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A back end may be adatabaseserverthatrespondsto SQLrequestsfrom aworkstationrunningafrontendapplication.
Theserverat the back endcontrolstheinformationflowto themobilehandsets.
This is a Web-basedsolutiondesignedforexpandingcorporateinformationcentres, with newfeaturesand a new back end.
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Computer concepts
3-D printing
adaptive learning
additive manufacturing
addy
aeroplane mode
backup
capture
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configuration
information age
information security
information superhighway
infosec
internet
scan
transcoding
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tuple
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Idiom
look like the back end of a bus
back-end
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈbækˌend/us/ˈbækˌend/
back-endadjective[before noun](LAST PART)
relatingto the lastpartof aprocess,seriesofevents, orperiodoftime:
（过程、活动或时间段的）后期的，结尾处的
Thepriceoffuelsshouldreflectback-endcosts, such as thecostofdecommissioningpowerplants.燃料的价格也应该包括后期成本，比如关闭发电厂的成本等。
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Dealerships arefocusingmore on back-endprofitsthat come fromfinancingandinsuranceinsteadof just front-endprofits, orsellingthecar.
Hospitalpharmacieshavesystemsthatpharmacistsuse as a back-endsafetycheckwhen anordercomes in for any of 45drugs.
Someartistsmightpreferasmalladvanceand theopportunityto make back-endmoney.
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Final and finally
antepenultimate
as a last resortidiom
at the end of the dayidiom
closing
concluding
conclusion
eventually
final
finally
hear/see the last ofsomethingidiom
last
last-ditch
lastly
latest
latter
non-final
the last but oneidiom
the lastsomeoneheard/saw ofsomeone/somethingidiom
ultimate
ultimately
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back-endadjective[before noun](COMPUTING)
computingspecialized
relatingto thepartof acomputersystem,pieceofsoftware, etc. wheredataisstoredorprocessedratherthan thepartsthat areseenanddirectlyused by theuser:
（电脑系统）后台的，后端的
A front-endclientand a back-endserverallowsmultipleworkstationstoaccessthe sameserverat the sametime.前端客户端和后端服务器允许多个工作站同时访问同一服务器。
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Wedevisedanautomaticprocessingsystem,startingwith a Web-basedinterfaceprogrammedin Perl with a back-enddatabase.
Anyone can have agreatwebsite, but if it's nottiedinto a back-endsystemthat canprocessthoseordersasfastas thesitetakesthem, you don't have anadvantage.
Toensurethat thelibrariescouldsupportall the newworkstationsandenhancedsoftwareandservicesthat go with them, we had toupgradeourback-endsystemsandinfrastructure.
An ODBCconnectionallowssomeformof front-endprogramtocommunicatewith a back-enddatabaselike SQL Server.
But these front-end solutions did not reduce the lack of interoperability in theback-end.
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Because prettyprinting is so difficult, it makes sense to have a singleback-endcomponent that concentrates on prettyprinting and ignores other issues.
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Its getter and setter functions directly interact with theback-endtoolkit.
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Also, autonomous software agents are often theback-endof what appears to be a software assistant agent (see below) in the front-end perspective.
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Theback-endwould provide schedule and reservation information, booking, and so on, much as current computer systems provide to human travel agents.
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This node is used until theback-endhas completed the file generation.
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It takes advantage of the efficiency of theback-endlow level operations.
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The sales load comprises both front-end andback-endsales charges.
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The prototype implements the front- andback-endof the architecture above, but does not yet include support for security and trust.
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I want more investment front-end in success and opportunity, not investmentback-endon redundancy and failure.
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It is wrong to suggest that farmers did not plant the expected quantity of potatoes because of the wetback-end.
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However, the full benefit involved is likely to be felt to theback-endof this period and beyond 2010.
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The consumer has already paid for theback-endcosts.
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Apart from the front-end costs and the capital building programme, there are also theback-endcosts of decommissioning.
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We have theback-endliabilities commitment of £150 million to £250 million a year.
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