backhanded是什么意思？

backhanded

英[ˌbækˈhændɪd] 美[ˈbækˌhændɪd]

• adj. （恭维话）讽刺挖苦的，假惺惺的，（网球等运动）反手击球的，用反手的；

例句

• "Even my good reviews have tended to be backhanded compliments," he says. "They'll say I was good and almost unbearably grotesque." “即便赞扬我的评论也多似明褒实贬，”他说。“他们会说我的表演不错，荒诞得几乎让人接受不了。”
• In a backhanded way, I think a lot of my energy and strength comes from my campaigning. 我觉得我的活力和力量很多都间接来自于我的竞选运动。
• Saying she's improved comes over as a backhanded compliment. 说她进步了听起来倒像是一种讽刺。
• 'Even my good reviews have tended to be backhanded compliments,' he says. 'They'll say I was good and almost unbearably grotesque.'... “即便赞扬我的评论也多似明褒实贬，”他说。“他们会说我的表演不错，荒诞得几乎让人接受不了。”

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  隐含讥讽的；有言外之意的
  A backhanded compliment is a remark which seems to be an insult but could also be understood as a compliment. A backhanded compliment is also a remark which seems to be a compliment but could also be understood as an insult.
  例句
  'Even my good reviews have tended to be backhanded compliments,' he says. 'They'll say I was good and almost unbearably grotesque.'... “即便赞扬我的评论也多似明褒实贬，”他说。“他们会说我的表演不错，荒诞得几乎让人接受不了。” Saying she's improved comes over as a backhanded compliment. 说她进步了听起来倒像是一种讽刺。
• ADJ-GRADED
  拐弯抹角的；间接的
  If you say that someone is doing something in a backhanded way, they are doing it indirectly.
  例句
  In a backhanded way, I think a lot of my energy and strength comes from my campaigning. 我觉得我的活力和力量很多都间接来自于我的竞选运动。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
  2. roundabout or ambiguous;
  "attacks from tht source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity""a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"