backhanded

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back·hand·ed /ˌbækˈhændɪd◂ $ ˈbækhændɪd/ adjective  1. ADMIREa backhanded remark or compliment seems to express praise or admiration but in fact is insulting 〔恭维话等〕讽刺挖苦的2. DSa backhanded shot is a backhand shot 反手击球的，用反手的

Examples from the Corpus

backhanded• This backhanded compliment is, in fact, a tribute to the imagination and commitment of community educators.• It is a backhanded note of dismissal, an explanation that is really an excuse.• The first crisis was a backhanded present from Yeltsin himself.• He was right in a backhanded sort of way.• The data might be read as a backhanded success for the Thatcher government.• Aristocratic criticism of royal rapacity was a backhanded tribute to that success.

back·hand·ed adjectiveChineseSyllable  

seems or express praise backhanded remark admiration Corpus to or a compliment

backhanded
back‧hand‧ed /ˌbækˈhændəd◂, ˌbækˈhændɪd◂ $ ˈbækhændəd/ adjective
1. a backhanded remark or compliment seems to express praise or admiration but in fact is insulting
2. a backhanded shot is a backhand shot

back·han·dedBrE /ˌbækˈhændɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌbækˈhændɪd/ 🔊 adjectivehaving a meaning that is not directly or clearly expressed, or that is not intended 间接的；拐弯抹角的；有言外之意的●a ˌbackhanded ˈcompliment (NAmE also ˌleft-handed ˈcompliment) a remark that seems to express admiration but could also be understood as an insult 隐含讥讽的恭维