英语词汇“to know backwards”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

to bend or lean over backwards(s) (figurative), to go to the opposite extreme (in order to avoid a possible bias, etc.); to go almost too far in the effort to overcome one's ‘inclination’. colloquial (originally U.S.). Also in colloquial phrase to know (something) backwards, to know (it) extremely well or ‘inside out’ (inside n.¹ 4); to be very familiar with (it).

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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > be versed or skilled [verb (intransitive)]

to have the way (also ways)?1520

to know what something is1535

practise1542

skilla1586

to be one's craftsmaster1594

to know the ropes1802

to know one's way around1861

to know (something) backwards1904

to know one's stuff1927

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > be unbiased [verb (intransitive)]

to keep an open mind1745

to bend or lean over backwards(s)1925

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. ii. 46 The streme bacwartis vp, flawis soft and styll.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) John xviii. 6 They wente bacwardes and fell to the grounde.

1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe i. iv. sig. C1^v I wil preferre the backwards (as many friends doe) & leaue their friends woorse then they found them.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 2 The joynts of his hinder legs..bend backwards.

1704 R. Steele Lying Lover iv. 45 She lies backwards, and you can't so much as see her Chamber-window.

1708 London Gaz. No. 4432/6 [They] went into the same Coach, the Bride sitting backwards.

1715 London Gaz. No. 5323/1 To ply forwards and backwards..on the Coasts of Calabria.

1716 London Gaz. No. 5446/9 A house..with the Gardens..and four small Tenements backwards.

1771 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. (ed. 4) 164 The Patient being pressed to go backwards, went behind his Tent.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. ix. 112 It is a common..opinion..that it [sc. France] is going backwards.

1792 Rules & Regulations His Majesty's Forces i. 30 At the word, On your Right backwards, Wheel, the man on the right of the rank faces to his left.

1858 W. Irving Life Washington V. 68 He walked me backwards and forwards..for half an hour.

1872 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xx. 456 Brihtric having been translated backwards to the less important Abbey of Burton.

1904 G. V. Hobart Jim Hickey ii. 32 The chief clerk..knew the hotel business backwards.

1925 Nation (N.Y.) 13 May 537 Stambuliski leaned over backwards in his desire to satisfy Serbian demands.

1933 E. O'Neill Ah, Wilderness! iii. ii. 112 I know this game backwards.

1936 A. Thirkell August Folly viii. 255 If you did get ill..I know the part backwards, and I've been to all the rehearsals.

1937 Amer. Speech 12 167 He is being hypercorrect, leaning over backward to be correct.

1949 L. M. Edwards Sauce for Geese: Story of Nebraska Farm 12 We all but bent over backward trying to impress everyone with the fact that tempus was fugiting.

1952 Economist 29 Nov. 612/1 [Broadmindedness] may..be carried beyond the optimum of impartiality to that point of unfairness to one's own case which Americans call ‘leaning over backward’.

1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) vi. 119 A liberal college ought to lean over backward not to fire anybody who is suspected of Communism.

1953 J. Cary Except the Lord xliii. 195 I had provoked in him that conscience, those scruples of justice and right, which might cause him actually to favour my enemy—to, as our transatlantic friends say, lean over backwards in obliging him.

1974 Economist 16 Feb. 35 He knows the constituency backwards.

a1979 J. Grenfell Turn back Clock (1983) i. 102 You know it absolutely backwards, so be quiet.

1983 Financial Times 17 Sept. 16/5 An eclectic collector.., he knows the showrooms backwards.

单词	to know backwards
释义	> as lemmas to know (something) backwards to bend or lean over backwards(s) (figurative), to go to the opposite extreme (in order to avoid a possible bias, etc.); to go almost too far in the effort to overcome one's ‘inclination’. colloquial (originally U.S.). Also in colloquial phrase to know (something) backwards, to know (it) extremely well or ‘inside out’ (inside n.¹ 4); to be very familiar with (it). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > be versed or skilled [verb (intransitive)] to have the way (also ways)?1520 to know what something is1535 practise1542 skilla1586 to be one's craftsmaster1594 to know the ropes1802 to know one's way around1861 to know (something) backwards1904 to know one's stuff1927 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > be unbiased [verb (intransitive)] to keep an open mind1745 to bend or lean over backwards(s)1925 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. ii. 46 The streme bacwartis vp, flawis soft and styll. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) John xviii. 6 They wente bacwardes and fell to the grounde. 1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe i. iv. sig. C1^v I wil preferre the backwards (as many friends doe) & leaue their friends woorse then they found them. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 2 The joynts of his hinder legs..bend backwards. 1704 R. Steele Lying Lover iv. 45 She lies backwards, and you can't so much as see her Chamber-window. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4432/6 [They] went into the same Coach, the Bride sitting backwards. 1715 London Gaz. No. 5323/1 To ply forwards and backwards..on the Coasts of Calabria. 1716 London Gaz. No. 5446/9 A house..with the Gardens..and four small Tenements backwards. 1771 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. (ed. 4) 164 The Patient being pressed to go backwards, went behind his Tent. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. ix. 112 It is a common..opinion..that it [sc. France] is going backwards. View more context for this quotation 1792 Rules & Regulations His Majesty's Forces i. 30 At the word, On your Right backwards, Wheel, the man on the right of the rank faces to his left. 1858 W. Irving Life Washington V. 68 He walked me backwards and forwards..for half an hour. 1872 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xx. 456 Brihtric having been translated backwards to the less important Abbey of Burton. 1904 G. V. Hobart Jim Hickey ii. 32 The chief clerk..knew the hotel business backwards. 1925 Nation (N.Y.) 13 May 537 Stambuliski leaned over backwards in his desire to satisfy Serbian demands. 1933 E. O'Neill Ah, Wilderness! iii. ii. 112 I know this game backwards. 1936 A. Thirkell August Folly viii. 255 If you did get ill..I know the part backwards, and I've been to all the rehearsals. 1937 Amer. Speech 12 167 He is being hypercorrect, leaning over backward to be correct. 1949 L. M. Edwards Sauce for Geese: Story of Nebraska Farm 12 We all but bent over backward trying to impress everyone with the fact that tempus was fugiting. 1952 Economist 29 Nov. 612/1 [Broadmindedness] may..be carried beyond the optimum of impartiality to that point of unfairness to one's own case which Americans call ‘leaning over backward’. 1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) vi. 119 A liberal college ought to lean over backward not to fire anybody who is suspected of Communism. 1953 J. Cary Except the Lord xliii. 195 I had provoked in him that conscience, those scruples of justice and right, which might cause him actually to favour my enemy—to, as our transatlantic friends say, lean over backwards in obliging him. 1974 Economist 16 Feb. 35 He knows the constituency backwards. a1979 J. Grenfell Turn back Clock (1983) i. 102 You know it absolutely backwards, so be quiet. 1983 Financial Times 17 Sept. 16/5 An eclectic collector.., he knows the showrooms backwards. extracted from backwardsadv.adj. < as lemmas
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