backdoor

释义

• adj. 秘密的
• n. 后门

词源

backdoor (adj.)

also back-door, "devious, shady, illegal," 1640s. The notion is of business done out of public view. The noun back door in the literal sense is from 1520s, from back (adj.) + door. The association with sodomy is at least from 19c.; compare also back-door man "a married woman's lover," black slang, early 20c.

例句

• 1. Backdoor deals are unhealthy practice. 走后门是一种不正之风.
• 2. He brushed aside talk of greedy MPs voting themselves a backdoor pay rise. 他没有理会贪婪的下院议员们投票为他们自己悄悄加薪的传闻。
• 3. He did the backdoor deals that allowed the government to get its budget through Parliament on time. 他通过幕后交易使政府预算按时通过了议会批准。
• 4. The thief escaped by the backdoor. 贼从后门逃走了.
• 5. Why do I think she got in through the backdoor? 为什么我总觉得她是走后门进来的?