backhanded


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)

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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。
来自柯林斯例句
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。”
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自辞典例句
4. It was a backhanded compliment.
这是一句貌似恭维实为挖苦的反话.
来自辞典例句
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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