backhanded
英 [ˌbækˈhæn.dɪd]
美 [ˌbækˈhæn.dɪd]
- adj. 间接的;反手拍击的
- v. 用手背打击;反手击球(backhand的过去分词)
将“backhanded”联想为“背后”的动作。想象一个人在背后巧妙地打了一个“hand”(手),暗示这是一种间接或隐蔽的行为,即“backhanded compliment”是一种暗含赞赏的批评。通过这样的联想,你可以记住“backhanded”表示间接或暗中表达的意思。
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- 1. Saying she's improved comes over as a backhanded compliment.
- 说她进步了听起来倒像是一种讽刺。
- 2. "Even my good reviews have tended to be backhanded compliments," he says. "They'll say I was good and almost unbearably grotesque."
- “即便赞扬我的评论也多似明褒实贬,”他说。“他们会说我的表演不错,荒诞得几乎让人接受不了。”
- 3. In a backhanded way, I think a lot of my energy and strength comes from my campaigning.
- 我觉得我的活力和力量很多都间接来自于我的竞选运动。
- 4. It was a backhanded compliment.
- 这是一句貌似恭维实为挖苦的反话.
- 5. Attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity.
- 那种来源的攻击等同于对他正直品质的间接赞扬.