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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

behind [bɪ'haɪnd]
  1. 1. preposition (at the back of) 在...后面
    Behind the cottage was a shed.
    在小屋的后面是一个棚子。
  2. 2. preposition (supporting) 支持
    The country is behind the President.
    整个国家都支持总统。
  3. 3. preposition (in race, career etc) 落后于
  4. 4. preposition (responsible for) 对...负责
    It is not clear who is behind the killing.
    谁是这次谋杀的幕后策划者，目前尚不清楚。
  5. 5. adverb (at/towards the back) 在/向后面
    I sat in the front row and Mick sat behind.
    我坐在前排，米克坐在后面。
  6. 6. adverb [stay, wait+] 留在原处
    Afterwards Ian asked me to stay behind.
    后来，伊恩叫我留在原处。
  7. 7. noun [inf] (buttocks) 屁股
    to be behind (schedule)
    落后于(计划)
    we're behind (them) in technology
    在技术方面，我们没有(他们)那么好
    to get behind
    落后
    to leave sth behind
    落下
    to get left behind
    [person+] 被甩掉

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

behind [bɪ 'haɪnd] [bɪ 'haɪnd]
  1. 1. preposition 在…之后，在…的后面
    He sat behind me.
    他坐在我后面。
  2. 2. preposition 留下，遗留
    The dead leave their wealth behind them.
    死者留下遗产。
  3. 3. preposition （在地位、成就等方面）落后于，不如
  4. 4. preposition 迟于，晚于
    to be behind schedule
    晚于预定时间
  5. 5. preposition 终止，结束
    His apprenticeship was behind him.
    他的学徒期结束了。
  6. 6. preposition 支持
    Congress is behind the plan.
    (美)国会支持此项计划。
  7. 7. preposition 在…的另一边，在…的那边
    behind the hill
    在山的那边
  8. 8. adverb 在后，向后
    to walk behind
    在后面走
    to look behind
    向后看，回顾
  9. 9. adverb 早先；在过去
    My joy lies behind.
    过去我曾有过欢乐的时光。
  10. 10. adverb 遗留；留后
    the girl he left behind
    他留下的那个女孩
  11. 11. adverb （时间）迟，晚
    The train was running behind.
    火车晚点。
  12. 12. adverb 处于停滞状况，落后；不如
    to drop behind in one's studies
    某人在学习上落后
  13. 13. adverb [archaic] 储备，保留；后备
  14. 14. adverb 拖欠（款项等）；拖延
    to fall behind in one's dues
    拖欠应付款项
  15. 15. adjective 跟着的，随后的，在后面的
    the person behind
    在后面的人
  16. 16. noun 幕后；隐藏在背后
    There's something behind this news.
    这消息背后有文章。
  17. 17. noun 背景，前前后后的情况
  18. 18. noun [slang] 屁股，臀部

Collins English-English Dictionary

behind [bɪ'haɪnd]
  1. 1. prep in or to a position further back than; at the rear of; at the back of
  2. 2. prep in the past in relation to
    I've got the exams behind me now
  3. 3. prep late according to; not keeping up with
    running behind schedule
  4. 4. prep concerning the circumstances surrounding
    the reasons behind his departure
  5. 5. prep backing or supporting
    I'm right behind you in your application
  6. 6. adv in or to a position further back; following
  7. 7. adv remaining after someone's departure
    he left it behind
  8. 8. adv in debt; in arrears
    to fall behind with payments
  9. 9. adj [postpositive] in a position further back; retarded
    the man behind prodded me
  10. 10. n [informal] the buttocks
  11. 11. n [Australian rules football] a score of one point made by kicking the ball over the behind line between a goalpost and one of the smaller outer posts (behind posts)
  12. 12. n [Etymology] Old English behindan
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Examples

away behind
远在后面 → away
to walk behind
在后面走 → behind
to look behind
向后看，回顾 → behind
My joy lies behind.
过去我曾有过欢乐的时光。 → behind
the girl he left behind
他留下的那个女孩 → behind
to drop behind in one's studies
某人在学习上落后 → behind
to fall behind in one's dues
拖欠应付款项 → behind
The train was running behind.
火车晚点。 → behind
The dead leave their wealth behind them.
死者留下遗产。 → behind
He sat behind me.
他坐在我后面。 → behind
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