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单词 backbiting
释义
backbiting
noun[U]
uk
/ˈbækˌbaɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈbækˌbaɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
unpleasantandunkindwords that are said about someone who is not there:
背后说的坏话
A lot of backbiting goes on inouroffice.我们办公室里经常有人背后说人坏话。
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Remarks & remarking
(Definition ofbackbitingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

backbiting| American Dictionary

backbiting
noun[U]
us
/ˈbækˌbɑɪ·t̬ɪŋ/
unpleasantorunkindremarksmade about apersonwho is notpresent:
There’s a lot of backbiting anddisarrayamongkeyofficials.
(Definition ofbackbitingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbackbiting

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Let us now stopbackbitingand recriminating, and co-operate and get on with it.
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Of course, there can be bitterness andbackbitingat an election.
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It has causedbackbitingat home and uncertainty abroad.
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All too often it is the showdowns, thebackbitingand the tale-telling that hit the headlines.
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I think we must stop thebackbitingthat goes on sometimes in the pages of the newspapers.
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I have very little patience with much of theirbackbitingcriticism; it has made very little impression on me.
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Apparently there has been a certain amount ofbackbitingsomewhere, but 1 am sure he will never accuse me of that.
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There has been an enormous amount of carping criticism andbackbitingin the media between the many factions involved.
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There is no sense inbackbiting.
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We need a proper debate—not one that is petty andbackbitingabout who is or is not running the railways—that will bring about the improvements that we need.
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Originally,backbitingreferred to an unsporting attack from the rear in the blood sport of bearbaiting.
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He always discouraged mumineen to indulge inbackbiting.
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The platoon was usually depicted asbackbiting, inept, bolshie and uncooperative, which was the main reason for their constant defeats.
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But thebackbitingmay be perceived as a form of delinquent behaviour due to an inferiority complex.
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He should eschew passion, anger, greed, obstinacy, fickleness andbackbiting.
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