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backstairs

美['bæksterz]  英['bæksteəz]
adj.  秘密的;不正当的
n.  后面楼梯;密谋手段
  异体字:backstair
  近义词:furtive,backstair,

英英释义

Noun
  1. a second staircase at the rear of a building
Adjective
  1. secret and sly or sordid;

    "backstairs gossip" "his low backstairs cunning" "backstairs intimacies" "furtive behavior"

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. He met the congressmen in secret to exert backstairs influence.他秘密会见了议员,暗中对他施加影响。
  2. He has got the post, but he got it by backstairs influence.他得到了那个职位,但他是用不正当的手段得到的。
用作名词(n.)
  1. They padded down the backstairs.他们沿着后面楼梯走下来。
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