behind
preposition /bɪˈhaɪnd/
/bɪˈhaɪnd/
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:
What’s that at the back of the fridge?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: Smoking is only allowed at the rear of the aircraft.冰箱尽里头那东西是什么? 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只有飞机后舱允许抽烟。 and There’s a lovely wood just behind our hotel.我们的房间在旅馆靠后面的地方。 我们酒店后面有一片可爱的树林。
- Who's the girl standing behind Jan?
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。
- He's behind the rest of the class in reading.
支持;赞成 - She knew that, whatever she decided, her family was right behind her.
她知道,无论她作出什么决定,她的家人肯定会支持她的。
- She knew that, whatever she decided, her family was right behind her.
- responsible for starting or developing something
是…产生(或发展)的原因 - What's behind that happy smile (= what is causing it)?
为什么会笑得那么开心? - He was the man behind the plan to build a new hospital.
他就是策划建立新医院的人。
- What's behind that happy smile (= what is causing it)?
- used to say that something is in somebody’s past
成为(某人的)过去 - The accident is behind you now, so try to forget it.
这次意外已经过去了,把它忘掉吧。 - She has ten years' useful experience behind her.
她有十年非常实用的经验。
- The accident is behind you now, so try to forget it.
词源Old English behindan, bihindan, from bi ‘by’ + hindan ‘from behind’.