open a back door 开后门
时间:2021-11-15 04:54:15
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“走后门”字面意思是“enter by the back door”,比喻不是通过正当途径,而是通过内部关系谋取通融或利益(secure advantages through pull or influence),带有贬义。
“开后门(open a back door),则比喻当权者以权谋私,滥用职权为他人提供方便(abuse one's powers to secure advantages for others)。
例句:
她找工作走后门。
Someone is pulling
strings1 to get a job for her.
这些年买名烟名酒用不着走后门了。
These years back-door dealings are not needed to buy cigarettes and wines of brand names.
他能走后门是因为他父亲是局长。
His father is the head of a bureau, so he got in through the back door.
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- He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上,随意地拨着吉他的弦。
- She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
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