backhanded
backhanded 英 [ˌbækˈhændɪd] 美 [ˈbækˌhændɪd]
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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- 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. The severing at these points causes nerve damage that makes the wrist flex and the fingers curl up in the manner of a waiter taking a backhanded tip.
这些在这几个点上的切割造成神经损伤以至于是手腕弯曲手指卷起就像是服务员拿背后的小费这个动作。
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2. How do you know when your guy has already decided in his head that it's over, but he's not going to cut the ties —what you call in the book a "backhanded breakup"?
要怎么样才能知道你的情人已经在脑子里决定了要结束这段感情，只是还没有去做呢，也就是你书中提到的“模棱两可的分手”？
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3. They gave me a backhanded compliment when they said I was smart for a girl.
他们说我是一个聪明的女生，其实是一句言不由衷的恭维话。
- backhanded (adj.) 1765, "done with the hand turned backward," from backhand (q.v.). Figurative sense "oblique in meaning, indirect; ambivalent, sarcastic," is from 1777. Related: Backhandedly; backhandedness.
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