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单词 backdoor
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backdoor
(bækdɔːʳ ) also back door
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You can use backdoor to describe an action or process if you disapprove of it because you think it has been done in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way. [disapproval]
He did the backdoor deals that allowed the government to get its budget through Parliament on time.
He brushed aside talk of greedy MPs voting themselves a backdoor pay rise.
2. singular noun
If you say that someone is doing something through or by the backdoor, you disapprove of them because they are doing it in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way. [disapproval]
Dentists claim the Government is privatising dentistry through the back door.
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