backhanded
adj [usu attrib 通常作定语]
1 played as a backhand 反手击球的.
2 indirect 间接的; 转弯抹角的
a ,backhanded `compliment, ie one made in a sarcastic way so that it is not a compliment at all 挖苦人的恭维话(表面上恭维, 实则挖苦).
🗣️ 情景例句
But how did you know the party was for you?
但是你怎么知道派对是为你举办的呢?
I graduated from Yale University 5 years ago.
五年前,我从耶鲁大学毕业。
John Dewey has said in all seriousness that the part played by custom in shaping the behaviour of the individual,as against any way in which he can affect traditional custom,