| 释义 |
ˈback-stabber
[back n.1]
One who attacks unfairly, one who attacks (a person) behind his back. Hence (as a back-formation) back-stab v.
1906Westm. Gaz. 6 Jan. 15/3, I will tell you my idea of a false friend and back-stabber—to sweat the workman for personal profit and fawn on him for political profit; to promise old-age pensions for votes and, having got the votes, to refuse them. 1925Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 863/2, I, after befriending her brother..had seemed to back-stab. 1960Spectator 30 Sept. 470 That party of back-stabbers and double-crossers. |