| 词汇 | backbiting |
| 释义 | backbiting noun[ U ] uk /ˈbækˌbaɪ.tɪŋ/ us /ˈbækˌbaɪ.t̬ɪŋ/ unpleasant and unkind words that are said about someone who is not there: 背后说的坏话 A lot of backbiting goes on in our office.我们办公室里经常有人背后说人坏话。 Unkind, cruel & unfeeling acerbic acerbically acerbity acidly anti-cruelty cold-heartedly cruel cruelly cruelty cruelty to someone/something meanly meanness mental cruelty merciless mercilessly trenchancy trenchant trenchantly uncharitable uncharitably You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Remarks & remarking backbiting | American Dictionarybackbiting noun[ U ] us/ˈbækˌbɑɪ·t̬ɪŋ/ unpleasant or unkind remarks made about a person who is not present: There’s a lot of backbiting and disarray among key officials. Examples of backbitingbackbiting Let us now stop backbiting and recriminating, and co-operate and get on with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, there can be bitterness and backbiting at an election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has caused backbiting at home and uncertainty abroad. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All too often it is the showdowns, the backbiting and the tale-telling that hit the headlines. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think we must stop the backbiting that goes on sometimes in the pages of the newspapers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have very little patience with much of their backbiting criticism; it has made very little impression on me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Apparently there has been a certain amount of backbiting somewhere, but 1 am sure he will never accuse me of that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been an enormous amount of carping criticism and backbiting in the media between the many factions involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no sense in backbiting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need a proper debate—not one that is petty and backbiting about who is or is not running the railways—that will bring about the improvements that we need. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Originally, backbiting referred to an unsporting attack from the rear in the blood sport of bearbaiting. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He always discouraged mumineen to indulge in backbiting. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The platoon was usually depicted as backbiting, inept, bolshie and uncooperative, which was the main reason for their constant defeats. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. But the backbiting may be perceived as a form of delinquent behaviour due to an inferiority complex. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He should eschew passion, anger, greed, obstinacy, fickleness and backbiting. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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