backhanded的意思

backhanded

英式音标[,bæk'hændɪd]
美式英标[bæk'hændɪd]

基本解释

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）

实用例句

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.

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