behind

1. PREP If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front. 在…后面

I put one of the cushions behind his head. 我把其中一個墊子放在了他腦后。

They were parked behind the truck. 它們被停在了卡車后面。

2. ADV Behind is also an adverb. 在后面

Rising into the hills behind are 800 acres of parkland. 往上延伸至后面小山的是800英畝的草木區(qū)。

3. PREP If you are walking or travelling behind someone or something, you are following them. (跟隨) 在…后面

Keith wandered along behind him. 基思跟在他后面閑逛。

4. ADV Behind is also an adverb. (跟隨) 在后面[ADV after v]

The troopers followed behind, every muscle tensed for the sudden gunfire. 騎兵們跟在后面，每一塊肌肉都因突如其來的炮火而繃得緊緊的。

5. PREP If someone is behind a desk, counter, or bar, they are on the other side of it from where you are. 在…后面 (指另一側(cè))

The colonel was sitting behind a cheap wooden desk. 上校坐在一張廉價的木質(zhì)書桌后面。

6. PREP When you shut a door or gate behind you, you shut it after you have gone through it. 在…身后[PREP pron]

I walked out and closed the door behind me. 我走了出來并關(guān)上了身后的門。

7. N-COUNT Your behind is the part of your body that you sit on. 臀部

8. PREP The people, reason, or events behind a situation are the causes of it or are responsible for it. 在背后; 在幕后

It is still not clear who was behind the killing. 至今尚不清楚誰是這起謀殺案的幕后策劃者。

9. PREP If something or someone is behind you, they support you and help you. 在背后 (支持)[PREP pron]

He had the state's judicial power behind him. 他有國家司法力量在其背后支持他。

10. PREP If you refer to what is behind someone's outside appearance, you are referring to a characteristic which you cannot immediately see or is not obvious, but which you think is there. 在 (某人的外表) 背后

What lay behind his anger was really the hurt he felt at Grace's refusal. 在他的憤怒背后其實是遭格雷斯拒絕而感到的心痛。

11. PREP If you are behind someone, you are less successful than them, or have done less or advanced less. (成就、業(yè)績、進展等) 在 (某人) 之后

She finished second behind the American, Ann Cody, in the 800 metres. 她在800米賽跑中在美國的安?科迪之后跑到終點，位居第2。

12. ADV Behind is also an adverb. 在后面

The rapid development of technology means that she is now far behind, and will need retraining. 科技的快速發(fā)展意味著她現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)遠遠落后了，將需要再訓(xùn)練。

13. PREP If an experience is behind you, it happened in your past and will not happen again, or no longer affects you. (將經(jīng)歷拋) 到…腦后[PREP pron]

Maureen put the nightmare behind her. 莫琳將噩夢拋諸腦后。

14. PREP If you have a particular achievement behind you, you have managed to reach this achievement, and other people consider it to be important or valuable. (成就) 在…背后['have/with' n PREP pron]

He has 20 years of loyal service to Barclays Bank behind him. 他背后有20年忠心為巴克利銀行工作的經(jīng)歷。

15. PREP If something is behind schedule, it is not as far advanced as people had planned. If someone is behind schedule, they are not progressing as quickly at something as they had planned. (落) 在 (時間進度) 之后

The work is 22 weeks behind schedule. 這項工作比預(yù)計時間推遲了22周。

16. ADV If you stay behind, you remain in a place after other people have gone. (留) 在后面[ADV after v]

About 1,200 personnel will remain behind to take care of the air base. 約有1200名人員將留下來照管空軍基地。

17. ADV If you leave something or someone behind, you do not take them with you when you go. (把…留) 在后面[ADV after v]

The rebels fled into the mountains, leaving behind their weapons and supplies. 叛亂者逃進了山里，丟下了武器和給養(yǎng)物資。

18. to do something behind someone's back→see back

19. behind bars→see bar

20. behind the scenes→see scene

21.  behind the times→see time