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| /ˌbækˈjɑːd/ |
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| 1 | BRITISH an area behind a house covered with a hard brick or stone surface 后院 |
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| 2 | AMERICAN a garden behind a house 后花园 |
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| - | in your (own) backyard informal
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| in a place close to you or in a situation that you are directly involved in |
| 在附近；在身边 |
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| It’ s not the kind of thing you expect to happen in your own backyard. 这并非是你期望发生在你身边的那种事情。 |
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| - | not in my backyard mainly journalism
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| used for describing people’ s reaction to an official plan , when they support the idea but do not want it to happen in the area where they live . People with this attitude are sometimes called nimbys. |
| 只要不在我附近；只要不在我身边 |
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