| 单词 | backroom |
| 释义 | backroom noun[C] uk/ˌbækˈruːm//ˌbækˈrʊm/us/ˌbækˈruːm//ˌbækˈrʊm/aroomin whichworkor otheractivitiesare done out ofpublicvieworsecretly: 里屋；密室backroomstaff亲信 backroomnegotiations秘密谈判 Secrecy and privacy
backroom| Business Englishbackroom adjective[before noun] uk/ˌbækˈruːm/us/ˈbækˌruːm/donesecretlyor withoutattractingattention: They did alast-minutebackroomdealwith theunionnegotiators. backroomnegotiations/politics used todescribethepeoplein anorganizationwhoseworkis notseenby thepublic: thebackroomboys/staff Examplesofbackroombackroom If we were to move from a cottage-industry microfilming operation in the backrooms of a few major research libraries, a new nationwide infrastructure was needed. From theCambridge English Corpus They have been working—thesebackroomboys—for a long time, and have made great strides forward. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Measures are being taken inbackroomdeals that are not subject to parliamentary scrutiny or judicial review. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English What we now have is abackroomdeal on citizens’ rights, and that is just not good enough. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English I would like to refer to twobackroomdepartments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This addition will help to fill a gap and will bring products out of thebackroomand into the showroom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, there are very few inventors today—the oldbackroomartisans—who gain from their ideas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The more elaborate aeroplanes become the morebackroomstaff is needed, not only to fly them, but to get them into the air. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are thebackroommen and women, without whose dedication our sport would be even more impoverished. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It should be an open-handed deal with nobackroomstitch ups, and could result in the status quo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So we are not talking about abackroomoperation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want a development group consisting ofbackroomboys, thinking great thoughts incapable of being communicated to the field workers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are far too manybackroomboys in industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is room for thebackroomboys here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are the "backroomboys" who have produced what we are using to-day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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