单词 | backdoor |
释义 | 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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