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单词 backbite
释义 back·bite
I. \ˈbakˌbīt, usu -īd.+V\ verb
Etymology: Middle English bakbiten, from bak back + biten to bite — more at bite
transitive verb
: to say mean or spiteful things about (one absent) : slander
 < if a reader does not like what you have written, he backbites you to the editor, but if he is particularly pleased, he writes to you personally — Corra Harris >
 < had all backbitten and double-crossed each other while pretending to work together — Sir Winston Churchill >
intransitive verb
: to backbite a person
II. noun
: the act or an instance of backbiting
 < manipulating a hundred and one strands of gossip and backbite — Eugene Walter >
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