【behind】 - SAT备考词汇

behind

UK:  [bɪ'haɪnd]

US:  [bɪ'haɪnd]

复数：behinds  

adv.

1.在后,在后面,向后,已成过去

2.背地,在幕后,在背后

3.迟,过(期),落后

4.落后了

5.慢

6.越过球门线

prep.

1.在…后,到…后,在…背后,在…后面,在…对面

2.在…之后,向…后面;在…的那边

3.在…的背后;作…的后盾;在…的里面,在…的幕后,操纵

4.身后,背面

5.在…死后

6.落后于;迟于;劣于

7.隔着,随后;做后盾

8.支持

9.之中;包含的

10.旁

n.

1.〔口语〕屁股

adj.

1.向柄的

1 . Scientists are trying to unravel the meaning behind the disturbing dreams that leave us waking in a panic.
对于这些常常让我们半夜惊醒的恶梦，科学家们也在想方设法揭开其中的秘密。

2 . When I was old enough to be running about on my own, I would trudge behind my elder sister to pick wheat, with a basket too on my arm.
当我刚刚能够歪歪趔趔地提着一个篮子跑路的时候，我就在大姐姐的身后拣麦穗了。

3 . Melissa Gottlieb, 24, a Manhattan publicist, once asked a policeman to drive her to class in college because she was running behind.
曼哈顿24岁的公关专员哥特利布（MelissaGottlieb）大学时曾请求一名警察载她去学校上课，因为她要迟到了。

4 . And doing so is often easier and quicker from behind a computer screen than in a busy high street or shopping mall.
而在电脑屏幕之前购物，通常要比在繁忙的商业街或购物中心采购更为轻松和快捷。

5 . I had been a housewife and mother for 17 years. To feed my family, I had to leave my children behind and move to an American army base.
17年来，我一直是个家庭主妇和母亲，而今为了养家，不得不丢下孩子们，来到一个美军基地。