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单词 backbite
释义
backbite
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈbæk.baɪt/us
/ˈbæk.baɪt/
to sayunpleasantandunkindthings about someone who is not there:
背后诽谤，背后中伤，背后说坏话
I'm notshort-tempered, but I do getannoyediffriendsbackbite me.我并不是爱发脾气，可要是有朋友在背后说我坏话，我也是会生气的。
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  • He has been oftenblamedfor this andpeoplebackbit him more thaneverafter hisdeath.
  • Ourenemieslovetorevileand backbite us.
  • Thepublicseemsurprisedthatmembersof such anapparentlygenteelprofessionasclassicalmusicshouldstoopsolowas to backbite.
  • If we allpulltogether, then we can be asuccessfulforceinworldrugbyagain. If webickerand backbite, then we willdivideevenfurther, andfall.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
  • acerbic
  • acerbity
  • acidly
  • anti-cruelty
  • anti-humanitarian
  • cutthroat
  • fiendish
  • fiendishness
  • hard-hearted
  • harshly
  • nastiness
  • nasty
  • pitiless
  • pitilessly
  • pitilessness
  • unchristian
  • uncompassionate
  • unfeeling
  • ungenerous
  • ungenerously
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Remarks & remarking
Disapproving & criticizing
(Definition ofbackbitefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbackbite

backbite
Let us now stop backbiting and recriminating, and co-operate and get on with it.
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Apparently there has been a certain amount of backbiting somewhere, but 1 am sure he will never accuse me of that.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We need a proper debate—not one that is petty and backbiting about who is or is not running the railways—that will bring about the improvements that we need.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The active end canbackbitethe chain, forming a macrocycle.
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