一、详细释义:
adv.
在后面;向后
例句:
I don't appreciate you talking behind my back.
我不欣赏你在背后说我。
例句:
She looked behind, finding nothing.
她向后看,却什么都没看见。
落在后面
例句:
If you don't study hard, you will hang behind.
你要是不努力学习,你就会落在后面了。
例句:
The clock runs behind.
这个钟慢了。
n.
【口】屁股
例句:
I gave him a good swift kick in the behind.
我飞起一脚,狠狠地踢了他的屁股。
例句:
After sitting for too long, his behind began to hurt.
他坐得太久了,屁股开始疼。
prep.
在...后面
例句:
Peggy hid the broken cup behind her back.
佩吉把打碎的杯子藏在背后。
例句:
They were parked behind the truck.
他们停在了卡车后面。
例句:
The bus stop is [behind] the library.
公交车站在图书馆的后面。
落后于
例句:
Our figure lags behind the national average.
我们的数目落后于国家平均数。
例句:
Food production has already fallen behind the population growth.
粮食生产已经跟不上人口增长。
晚于
例句:
The time of achieving that goal was far behind what we expected.
完成目标的时间远远超过我们预期的时间。
例句:
We were two months behind schedule, and already over budget.
我们的进度晚了两个月,而且已经超出了预算。
支持
例句:
This decree has the force of law behind it.
这一裁决有法律的力量作后盾。
例句:
Don't worry, I'm right behind you.
别担心,我作你的后盾。
在(…的外表)之下;在(某一局势)背后
例句:
Behind the smiling eyes lurks the evil that led her to murder the two babies in her care.
她笑里藏刀,杀害了她照顾的两个宝宝。
例句:
It is still not clear who was behind the killing.
凶杀案的幕后主使尚不清楚。
二、词义辨析:
after,behind,at the back of
这些词均有“在……后面”之意。after和behind用来表地点时,前者强调的是顺序的先后,而后者侧重方向和位置的前后关系。请比较:The student sat after me.那个学生坐在我后面。(我坐在他前面)。The student sat behind me.那学生坐在我背后。after与behind用于指时间时,前者强调时间的先后顺序,而后者则着重于表示“落后……”或“迟于……”的概念。试比较:Who ruled after James I?詹姆斯一世之后是谁统治的?You are forty minutes behind schedule.你比规定的时间迟了40分钟。after多用于表示因时间上的先后而造成顺序的前后场合,behind则常用于仅指位置上的前后关系。请比较:Please shut the door after you.请随手关门。Please shut the door behind you.请关上你身后的门。at the back of这个前置词短语既可指具体的位置的先后,又可用于指抽象的概念。