backs

美 [bæks]英 [bæks]
  • n.(人体或动物的)背部,背;后面;后部;脊柱;腰背;末尾;脊梁骨
  • v.支持;帮助;(使)后退,倒退;下赌注于(赛马、参赛队伍等)
  • back的第三人称单数和复数
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ADVERB USES 副词用法

  • In addition to the uses shown below, back is also used in phrasal verbs such as ‘date back’ and ‘fall back on’.

    除下列用法外,back还可用于date back, fall back on 等短语动词中。

  • 2
    ADV 向后;往后;往回
    If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.

    The photographers drew back to let us view the body...

    摄影师往后退开,好让我们查看尸体。

  • 3
    ADV 回到原处
    If you go back somewhere, you return to where you were before.

    I went back to bed...

    我回到床上。

  • 4
    ADV 恢复原状;回到原来的状态
    If someone or something is back in a particular state, they were in that state before and are now in it again.

    The rail company said it expected services to get slowly back to normal...

    铁路公司表示,其运输服务将慢慢恢复正常。

  • 5
    ADV 归还;交还;放回;收回
    If you give or put something back, you return it to the person who had it or to the place where it was before you took it. If you get or take something back, you then have it again after not having it for a while.

    She handed the knife back...

    她递还刀子。

  • 6
    ADV (将钟表)拨回
    If you put a clock or watch back, you change the time shown on it so that it shows an earlier time, for example when the time changes to winter time or standard time.

  • 7
    ADV 回应(来信、电话、目光等)
    If you write or call back, you write to or telephone someone after they have written to or telephoned you. If you look back at someone, you look at them after they have started looking at you.

    They wrote back to me and they told me that I didn't have to do it...

    他们回信告诉我说不必那么做。

  • 8
    ADV 回到(某个话题)
    You can say that you go or come back to a particular point in a conversation to show that you are mentioning or discussing it again.

    Can I come back to the question of policing once again?...

    我能再回到维护治安的问题上来吗?

  • 9
    ADV 再次流行;再度成为潮流
    If something is or comes back, it is fashionable again after it has been unfashionable for some time.

    Short skirts are back...

    短裙又流行起来了。

  • 10
    ADV 在一段距离之外
    If someone or something is kept or situated back from a place, they are at a distance away from it.

    Keep back from the edge of the platform...

    请勿靠近站台边缘。

  • 11
    ADV 收拢;拢起;束起
    If something is held or tied back, it is held or tied so that it does not hang loosely over something.

    Her hair was tied back...

    她的头发扎了起来。

  • 12
    ADV (舒适地)向后仰
    If you lie or sit back, you move your body backwards into a relaxed sloping or flat position, with your head and body resting on something.

    She lay back and stared at the ceiling...

    她躺下盯着天花板。

  • 13
    ADV 回头,转身(看或喊)
    If you look or shout back at someone or something, you turn to look or shout at them when they are behind you.

    Nick looked back over his shoulder and then stopped, frowning...

    尼克回头看了看,又皱着眉头停了下来。

  • 14
    ADV (表示描述场所的转换)在曾提到过的地方
    You use back in expressions like back in London or back at the house when you are giving an account, to show that you are going to start talking about what happened or was happening in the place you mention.

    Meanwhile, back in London, Palace Pictures was collapsing...

    与此同时,伦敦的皇宫影业公司也正在分崩离析。

  • 15
    ADV 以前;过去;追溯至
    If you talk about something that happened back in the past or several years back, you are emphasizing that it happened quite a long time ago.

    The story starts back in 1950, when I was five...

    故事可以追溯到1950年,那时我才5岁。

  • 16
    ADV 回想;回忆
    If you think back to something that happened in the past, you remember it or try to remember it.

    I thought back to the time in 1975 when my son was desperately ill...

    我回想起1975年我儿子病得奄奄一息的那段时间。

  • 17
    PHRASE 来回;往返
    If someone moves back and forth, they repeatedly move in one direction and then in the opposite direction.

    He paced back and forth...

    他来回踱步。

  • 18
    to cast your mind back→ see:mind

NOUN AND ADJECTIVE USES 名词和形容词用法

  • 1
    N-COUNT 背(部);后背;脊背
    A person's or animal's back is the part of their body between their head and their legs that is on the opposite side to their chest and stomach.

    Her son was lying peacefully on his back...

    她儿子安静地仰面躺着。

  • 2
    N-COUNT 后面;后部
    The back of something is the side or part of it that is towards the rear or farthest from the front. The back of something is normally not used or seen as much as the front.

    ...a room at the back of the shop...

    商店后部的一个房间

  • 3
    ADJ 后面的;后部的
    Back is used to refer to the side or part of something that is towards the rear or farthest from the front.

    He opened the back door...

    他打开了后门。

  • 4
    N-COUNT (椅子或沙发的)靠背
    The back of a chair or sofa is the part that you lean against when you sit on it.

    There was a neatly folded pink sweater on the back of the chair.

    椅子的靠背上搭着一件叠得整整齐齐的粉色毛衫。

  • 5
    N-COUNT (纸、信封等的)反面,背面
    The back of something such as a piece of paper or an envelope is the side which is less important.

    Send your answers on the back of a postcard.

    将答案写在明信片背面寄出。

  • 6
    N-COUNT (书等的)末尾
    The back of a book is the part nearest the end, where you can find the index or the notes, for example.

    ...the index at the back of the book...

    书末索引

  • 7
    N-SING (用于round the back, out the back等表达方式中)房屋(或其他建筑物)后的区域
    You can use back in expressions such as round the back and out the back to refer generally to the area behind a house or other building.

    He had chickens and things round the back...

    他在房子后面养了些鸡啊什么的。

  • 8
    N-UNCOUNT (用于out back等表达方式中)房屋(或其他建筑物)后的区域;(用于in back等表达方式中)汽车(或建筑物等)的后部
    You use back in expressions such as out back to refer to the area behind a house or other building. You also use in back to refer to the rear part of something, especially a car or building.

    Dan informed her that he would be out back on the patio cleaning his shoes...

    丹告诉她说他要去房子后面的露台上擦鞋。

  • 9
    N-COUNT (足球、曲棍球等运动中的)后卫
    In team games such as football and hockey, a back is a player who is concerned mainly with preventing the other team from scoring goals, rather than scoring goals for their own team.

  • 10
    N-COUNT (美式橄榄球运动中的)进攻后卫
    In American football, a back is a player who stands behind the front line, runs with the ball and attacks rather than defends.

  • 11
    PHRASE 背着(某人)
    If you say that something was done behind someone's back, you disapprove of it because it was done without them knowing about it, in an unfair or dishonest way.

    You eat her food, enjoy her hospitality and then criticize her behind her back.

    你吃着她的食物,享受着她的款待,然后还在背地里指责她。

  • 12
    PHRASE 完成…最困难的部分
    If you break the back of a task or problem, you do the most difficult part of what is necessary to complete the task or solve the problem.

    It seems at least that we've broken the back of inflation in this country...

    看起来至少我们已经解决了这个国家通货膨胀中最棘手的问题。

  • 13
    PHRASE 接连地;连续地
    If two or more things are done back to back, one follows immediately after the other without any interruption.

    ...two half-hour shows, which will be screened back to back.

    连续播放的两档半小时节目

  • 14
    PHRASE (衣服)前后穿反;(顺序)前后颠倒
    If you are wearing something back to front, you are wearing it with the back of it at the front of your body. If you do something back to front, you do it the wrong way around, starting with the part that should come last.

    He wears his baseball cap back to front...

    他把棒球帽反戴着。

  • 16
    PHRASE 不再(对某人)批评(或施压等)
    If you tell someone to get off your back you are telling them angrily to stop criticizing you or putting pressure on you.

    He kept on at me to such an extent that occasionally I wished he would get off my back.

    他一直对我唠叨个没完,有时我真希望他不要再烦我了。

  • 17
    PHRASE 紧跟着;紧接着
    If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.

    The cuts, if approved, come on the back of a difficult eight years that have seen three London fire stations closed.

    8年的艰难时期刚刚过去,在此期间,伦敦有3家消防站遭关闭。如获批准,裁减又会接踵而至。

  • 18
    PHRASE (使)受到威胁;(使)处于不利地位
    If someone is on the back foot, or if something puts them on the back foot, they feel threatened and act defensively.

    From now on Labour will be on the back foot on the subject of welfare.

    今后工党在福利问题上将处于下风。

  • 19
    PHRASE 互相帮助;与人方便,与己方便
    People say 'You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours' to mean that one person helps another on condition that the second person helps them in return.

  • 20
    PHRASE 希望(某人)离开
    If you say that you will be glad to see the back of someone, you mean that you want them to leave.

    I was so badly behaved I was convinced she would be glad to see the back of me.

    我的表现如此差劲,相信她会很高兴看到我离开。

  • 21
    PHRASE 忽略;背弃;拒绝;对…不予理睬
    If you turn your back on someone or something, you ignore them, leave them, or reject them.

    Stacey Lattisaw has turned her back on her singing career with Motown Records to become a gospel singer...

    斯泰茜·拉蒂索抛弃了自己在摩城唱片公司的演唱事业,成为了一名福音歌手。

  • 22
    PHRASE 使生气;触怒;惹恼
    If someone or something puts your back up or gets your back up, they annoy you.

    Some food labelling practices really get my back up.

    有些食物标签的贴法实在让我生气。

  • 23
    off the back of a lorry→ see:lorry

VERB USES 动词用法

  • 1
    VERB 背对;背向;背朝
    If a building backs onto something, the back of it faces in the direction of that thing or touches the edge of that thing.

    We live in a ground floor flat which backs onto a busy street...

    我们住在一楼的一套公寓房里,背对着一条繁忙的街道。

  • 2
    V-ERG 倒(车);倒退
    When you back a car or other vehicle somewhere or when it backs somewhere, it moves backwards.

    He backed his car out of the drive...

    他把车倒出了私人车道。

  • 3
    VERB 支持;资助
    If you back a person or a course of action, you support them, for example by voting for them or giving them money.

    There is a new witness to back his claim that he is a victim of mistaken identity.

    有新的目击证人证明他的说法,他是被错认了。

  • ...government-backed loans to Egypt.

    向埃及提供的政府贷款

  • 5
    VERB 预测…获胜;(通常指)下赌注于
    If you back a particular person, team, or horse in a competition, you predict that they will win, and usually you bet money that they will win.

    Roland Nilsson last night backed Sheffield Wednesday to win the UEFA Cup...

    昨晚罗兰·尼尔森打赌谢菲尔德周三队会捧得欧洲联盟杯。

  • 6
    VERB 为…伴奏(或伴唱)
    If a singer is backed by a band or by other singers, they provide the musical background for the singer.

    She was backed by acoustic guitar, bass and congas.

    原声吉他、贝斯和康茄鼓为她伴奏。

  • 7
    See also:backing

  1. The people on the islands had tattoos on their shoulders , chests , backs and legs .

    岛上的人们在肩膀、胸部、背部和腿部都有纹身。

  2. Methods ( 1 ) Full skin loss wounds were created on the backs of Wistar rats .

    方法(1)Wistar大鼠背部制作去全厚皮伤口,硬塑料框固定创缘。

  3. There 's room for three people in the back .

    后排有可容三人的空位。

  4. I need time to get my wind back after that run .

    我跑过之后需要时间喘口气。

  5. I think we should go back to first principles .

    我认为我们应该回到基本原则上。

  6. What time did you get back last night ?

    你昨晚什么时候回家的?

  7. It was good to be back on land .

    回到陆地上真好。

  8. You have a strong case for getting your job back .

    你有充分的理由要求恢复你的工作。

  9. She doesn 't want to go back to her husband .

    她不想回到丈夫的身边了。

  10. I 'll call back at a more convenient time .

    在方便的时候我会回电话的。

  11. Test results will be fed back to the schools .

    测验的成绩将反馈给各学校。

  12. You can back up another two feet or so .

    你可以再退两英尺左右。

  13. I 'm sure she 's keeping something back from us .

    我肯定她有什么事瞒着我们。

  14. Much to her surprise he came back the next day .

    让她非常吃惊的是他第二天就回来了。

  15. Perhaps it would be better if you came back tomorrow .

    如果你明天回来,也许更好。

  16. The band made their first record as far back as 1990 .

    这个乐队早在1990年就录制了他们的第一张唱片。

  17. He could feel the heat of the sun on his back .

    他能感觉到太阳照射在背上的热度。

  18. That was a few years back .

    那是几年以前的事。

  19. He isn 't here now ─ could you ring back later ?

    他现在不在——你过会儿再打电话来好吗?

  20. There are a lot of people back there waiting to get in .

    后面有许多人等着进来。

  21. I tried to lead the discussion back to the main issue .

    我试图把讨论引回到主要问题上。

  22. We go back a long way , he and I.

    我跟他,我们俩相识很久了。

  23. Could we get back to the question of funding ?

    我们回到资金问题上来好吗?

  24. Turn around and let me look at your back .

    转过身去让我看看你的后背。

  25. I left in 1990 and I haven 't been back there since .

    我于1990年离开那里,从那以后再也没有回去过。

  26. You can pay back the loan over a period of three years .

    你可以在三年内分期归还贷款。

  27. This exercise will work the muscles of the lower back .

    这样的运动可以锻炼腰部的肌肉。

  28. New skin had to be grafted on from his back .

    需从他的背部移植新皮肤。

  29. I often think about my friends back home .

    我常常想起老家的朋友。

  30. If it doesn 't fit , you can always take it back .

    要是它不合适,你总还可以把它退回去嘛。