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在（或向）…的后面；在（或向）…的背面

at or towards the back of sb/sth, and often hidden by it or them

2

站在简身后的女孩是谁？

Who's the girl standing behind Jan?

3

紧跟在我后面。

Stay close behind me.

4

车站后面的小街

a small street behind the station

5

她扭头朝背后扫了一眼。

She glanced behind her.

6

出门时记着把门锁上。

Don't forget to lock the door behind you (= when you leave) .

7

太阳消失在云层里。

The sun disappeared behind the clouds.

8

落后于

making less progress than sb/sth

9

他的阅读能力不及班上其他人。

He's behind the rest of the class in reading.

10

我们的工作进度落后了。

We're behind schedule (= late) .

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支持；赞成

giving support to or approval of sb/sth

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她知道，无论她作出什么决定，她的家人肯定会支持她的。

She knew that, whatever she decided, her family was right behind her.

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是…产生（或发展）的原因

responsible for starting or developing sth

14

为什么会笑得那么开心？

What's behind that happy smile (= what is causing it) ?

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他就是策划建立新医院的人。

He was the man behind the plan to build a new hospital.

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成为（某人的）过去

used to say that sth is in sb's past

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这次意外已经过去了，把它忘掉吧。

The accident is behind you now, so try to forget it.

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她有十年的经验，能派上用场。

She has ten years' useful experience behind her.

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在（或向）…的后面；在后面较远处

at or towards the back of sb/sth; further back

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她骑车沿路而去，狗跟在后面奔跑着。

She rode off down the road with the dog running behind.

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其余的人远远地落在后面。

The others are a long way behind.

22

他逃跑时后背中了弹。

He was shot from behind as he ran away.

23

我落后太多，似乎追赶下去也毫无意义。

I had fallen so far behind that it seemed pointless trying to catch up.

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留在原地

in the place where sb/sth is or was

25

我被告知放学后留下。

I was told to stay behind after school (= remain in school) .

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这个书包是有人下课后落下的。

This bag was left behind after the class.

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拖欠；积压（工作）

late in paying money or completing work

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她已经拖欠付款了。

She's fallen behind with the payments.

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他积压了大量工作。

He was terribly behind in his work.

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（义同bottom，委婉说法，即屁股）

a person's bottom. People often say behind to avoid saying bottom .

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狗咬了他的屁股。

The dog bit him on his behind.

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at the back和at the rear同义，但at the rear多用于正式或官方语言：

At the back and at the rear have a similar meaning, but at the rear is used more in formal or official language.

33

冰箱尽里头那东西是什么？

What’s that at the back of the fridge?

34

只有飞机后舱允许抽烟。

Smoking is only allowed at the rear of the aircraft.

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指房子的后门较常用back door，但飞机或公共建筑的后门较常用rear exit。behind指在后面，但不是其中的部分。比较：

It is more usual to talk about the back door of a house but the rear exit of an aircraft or public building. If something is behind something else it is near to the back of it but not part of it. Compare

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我们的房间在旅馆靠后面的地方。

Our room was at the back of the hotel.

37

和

and

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在我们旅馆的后面就有一片美丽的树林。

There’s a lovely wood just behind our hotel.

1

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

例子:

1. he deserves a good kick in the butt
2. are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?

近义词: buttocks,nates,arse,butt,backside,bum,buns,can,fundament,hindquarters,hind end,keister,posterior,prat,rear,rear end,rump,stern,seat,tail,tail end,tooshie,tush,bottom,derriere,fanny,ass

2

in or to or toward the rear

例子:

1. he followed behind
2. seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front
3. the final runners were far behind

3

remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from

例子:

1. when he died he left much unfinished work behind
2. left a large family behind
3. the children left their books behind
4. he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind

4

in debt

例子:

1. he fell behind with his mortgage payments
2. a month behind in the rent
3. a company that has been run behindhand for years
4. in arrears with their utility bills

近义词: behindhand,in arrears

5

in or into an inferior position

例子:

1. fell behind in his studies
2. their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers

6

of timepieces

例子:

1. the clock is almost an hour slow
2. my watch is running behind

近义词: slow