backbiting

英 [ˈbækbaɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˈbækbaɪtɪŋ]

n.  背后中伤; 背后诽谤

TEM8

COCA.37283

牛津词典

noun

• 背后中伤；背后诽谤
  unpleasant and unkind talk about sb who is not present

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 背后说别人的坏话；背后毁谤
  If you accuse someone ofbackbiting, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not present, especially in order to stop them doing well at work.
  1. Corporate backbiting is nothing new.
     在公司里，背后说人坏话并非什么新鲜事。

双语例句

• Backbiting and gossip are prohibited and denounced.
  禁止背后诽谤和议论他人。
• Disordered nerves and bad digestion are a common cause of backbiting.
  紧张不安加上坏心眼一般是背后议人是非的原因。
• You should refrain your tongue from backbiting.
  你不要背后诽谤人。
• I hate all the backbiting that goes on at the office.
  我厌恶所有那些在办公室流传的诽谤之词。
• Joe wanted to pay William off for backbiting him.
  乔尔因威廉在背后说他的坏话而要对他进行报复。
• He also had little interest in the dispute so long as it was confined to obtuse and theoretical bureaucratic backbiting.
  只要争论是局限于不刻薄的，在理论上的官僚主义背后诽谤，他对这场争论也没有什么兴趣。
• Others have tried to resurrect Jackson's career but failed, associates say, because of managerial chaos, backbiting within his inner circle and the singer's legendary flakiness.
  其他人也试过复兴杰克逊的事业，但是由于管理混乱、阵营内斗以及杰克逊自己具有传奇色彩的怪癖，先前的尝试都失败了。
• Corporate backbiting is nothing new.
  在公司里，背后说人坏话并非什么新鲜事。
• Jubilant though he had been when being hired by the economic times, he soon found himself in a veritable jungle of back stabbing and backbiting.
  尽管他被《经济时报》聘用时喜气洋洋的，但他很快发现自己处于名副其实的专事暗箭伤人和背后重伤的丛林当中。
• The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
  北风带来雨水；暗中毁谤人的舌头，使人怒容满面。