back-yard

柯林斯詞典

backyard /?b?k?jɑ?d/ (also back yard) (backyards)

• 1. N-COUNT A backyard is an area of land at the back of a house. 后院

• 2. N-COUNT If you refer to a country's own backyard, you are referring to its own territory or to somewhere that is very close and where that country wants to influence events. (國家的) 后院

  They seem to think that if it isn't happening in their own backyard, it isn't worth worrying about. 他們似乎認(rèn)為，如果事情不是發(fā)生在他們本國的后院，就不值得擔(dān)心。

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