behind是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 at the back (of) -- 在（…的）後面

  • Look behind you! 往後看！

  • I hung my coat behind the door. 我把大衣掛在門後了。

  • Alex led, and I followed along behind. 亞歷斯帶頭，我緊隨其後。

  • mainly UK As hard as she tried, she always fell behind the other swimmers in the races. 比賽時不管她怎樣努力，總是落在其他游泳選手的後面。

  • figurative I knew that behind (= hidden by) her smile was sadness. 我知道她在用微笑掩飾著內心的憂傷。

• 1 in the place where someone or something was before -- （遺留）在後面；（留）在原處

  • I was annoyed to discover that I'd left my bag behind. 當我發現留下了袋子，感到很氣惱。

  • After the party a few people stayed behind to help clean up. 派對結束後，一些客人留下來幫忙收拾打掃。

• 2 slower or later than someone else, or than you should be -- 比…遲，比…慢，落後於

  • The old woman was behind with (= late paying) the rent. 老婦人遲遲未交房租。

• 3 responsible for or the cause of -- 是…背後的原因

  • He wondered what was behind his neighbour's sudden friendliness. 他不明白為何鄰居的態度突然變得友善。

  • Marie Curie was the woman behind enormous changes in the science of chemistry. 居禮夫人使整個化學領域發生了巨變。

• 4 the part of the body on which a person sits -- 屁股

  • He tripped and fell on his behind. 他絆了一跤，一屁股摔在地上。

  • Why don't you get off your behind (= stand up) and do something! 你為何不起來做些事情！