| 词汇 | backroom |
| 释义 | backroom noun[ C ] uk /ˌbækˈruːm//ˌbækˈrʊm/ us /ˌbækˈruːm//ˌbækˈrʊm/ a room in which work or other activities are done out of public view or secretly: 里屋；密室 backroom staff亲信 backroom negotiations秘密谈判 Secrecy and privacy anonymity anonymization anonymize anonymous anonymously data protection dead men tell no talesidiom dissimulate dissimulation down-low on the quietidiom privacy privacy settings private privately under wrapsidiom undisclosed unrevealed unsourced unstated backroom | Business Englishbackroom adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˌbækˈruːm/ us /ˈbækˌruːm/ done secretly or without attracting attention: They did a last-minute backroom deal with the union negotiators. backroom negotiations/politics used to describe the people in an organization whose work is not seen by the public: the backroom boys/staff Examples of backroombackroom If we were to move from a cottage-industry microfilming operation in the backrooms of a few major research libraries, a new nationwide infrastructure was needed. They have been working—these backroom boys—for a long time, and have made great strides forward. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Measures are being taken in backroom deals that are not subject to parliamentary scrutiny or judicial review. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English What we now have is a backroom deal on citizens’ rights, and that is just not good enough. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I would like to refer to two backroom departments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This addition will help to fill a gap and will bring products out of the backroom and into the showroom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, there are very few inventors today—the old backroom artisans—who gain from their ideas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The more elaborate aeroplanes become the more backroom staff is needed, not only to fly them, but to get them into the air. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are the backroom men and women, without whose dedication our sport would be even more impoverished. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It should be an open-handed deal with no backroom stitch ups, and could result in the status quo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So we are not talking about a backroom operation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want a development group consisting of backroom boys, thinking great thoughts incapable of being communicated to the field workers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is room for the backroom boys here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are the "backroom boys" who have produced what we are using to-day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The "backroom boys" are often carrying out similar work and running similar risks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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