词族 · backdoor
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英语词源
- backdoor (adj.)
- also back-door, "devious, shady, illegal," 1640s. The notion is of business done out of public view. The noun back door in the literal sense is from 1520s, from back (adj.) + door. The association with sodomy is at least from 19c.; compare also back-door man "a married woman's lover," black slang, early 20c.
权威例句
- 1. Backdoor deals are unhealthy practice.
- 走后门是一种不正之风.
- 2. He brushed aside talk of greedy MPs voting themselves a backdoor pay rise.
- 他没有理会贪婪的下院议员们投票为他们自己悄悄加薪的传闻。
- 3. He did the backdoor deals that allowed the government to get its budget through Parliament on time.
- 他通过幕后交易使政府预算按时通过了议会批准。
- 4. The thief escaped by the backdoor.
- 贼从后门逃走了.
- 5. Why do I think she got in through the backdoor?
- 为什么我总觉得她是走后门进来的?