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at or towards the back of somebody/something, and often hidden by it or them 在（或向）…的后面；在（或向）…的背面 Who's the girl standing behind Jan? 站在简身后的女孩是谁？ 🔊🔊 Stay close behind me. 紧跟在我后面。 🔊🔊 a small street behind the station 车站后面的小街 She glanced behind her. 她扭头朝背后扫了一眼。 🔊🔊 Don't forget to lock the door behind you (= when you leave). 出门时记着把门锁上。 🔊🔊 The sun disappeared behind the clouds. 太阳消失在云层里。 🔊🔊
Which Word? at the back / at the rear / behindat the back / at the rear / behindcompare in front of- At the back and at the rear have a similar meaning, but at the rear is used more in formal or official language:
at the back 和 at the rear 意义相近，但 at the rear 多用于正式或官方语言 ：What’s that at the back of the fridge?Smoking is only allowed at the rear of the aircraft. It is more usual to talk about the back door of a house but the rear exit of an aircraft or public building. If something is behind something else it is near to the back of it but not part of it. Compare: Our room was at the back of the hotel and There’s a lovely wood just behind our hotel. 冰箱背面是什么？只允许在飞机后部吸烟。通常谈论房屋的后门，而不是飞机或公共建筑的后出口。如果某个物体在其他物体的后面，则该物体靠近它的背面，但不是它的一部分。比较：我们的房间在酒店的后面，酒店后面有一块可爱的木头。
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making less progress than somebody/something 落后于 He's behind the rest of the class in reading. 他的阅读能力不及班上其他人。 🔊🔊 We're behind schedule (= late). 我们的工作进度落后了。 🔊🔊
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giving support to or approval of somebody/something 支持；赞成 responsible for starting or developing something 是…产生（或发展）的原因 used to say that something is in somebody’s past 成为（某人的）过去
Word OriginOld English behindan, bihindan, from bi ‘by’ + hindan ‘from behind’.