单词 | backroom |
释义 | backroom (bækrʊm ) also back-room also back room Word forms: back rooms 1. countable noun A backroom is a room that is situated at the back of a building, especially a private room. ...the backroom of the officers' club. 2. countable noun You can use backroom to refer to people in an organization who do important work but are not seen or known about by the public. You can also use backroom to refer to a place where such people work. He is confident the backroom can step into the temporary void. Public scrutiny had brought civil servants out from the backroom and into the spotlight. ...Mr Smith's backroom staff. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you refer to a deal made by someone such as a politician as a backroom deal, you disapprove of it because it has been made in a secret, dishonest way. [disapproval] They have been calling the Presidency decision a backroom deal. Collocations: backroom deal Now this comes along, a backroom deal that pretends to be one thing while delivering something very different. Times,Sunday Times No elite backroom deal should attempt to substitute for that. Times, Sunday Times Before it existed, a country's chances of getting a bailout depended less on rules than on whether they could broker a backroom deal with shady financiers or a dominant country. Times, Sunday Times This kind of political fix, engineered through a backroom deal, would be the least transparent and most dishonest way of implementing the referendum result. Times, Sunday Times The system should be changed so that honest candidates can remain honest and not be forced into backroom deals. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 休息室 Japanese: 裏部屋 |
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