behind

noun

1. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

e.g. he deserves a good kick in the butt
are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?

Synonym: buttocksnatesarsebuttbacksidebumbunscanfundamenthindquartershind endkeisterposteriorpratrearrear endrumpsternseattailtail endtooshietushbottomderrierefannyass

adv

1. in or to or toward the rear

e.g. he followed behind
seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front
the final runners were far behind

2. remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from

e.g. when he died he left much unfinished work behind
left a large family behind
the children left their books behind
he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind

3. in debt

e.g. he fell behind with his mortgage payments
a month behind in the rent
a company that has been run behindhand for years
in arrears with their utility bills

Synonym: behindhandin arrears

4. in or into an inferior position

e.g. fell behind in his studies
their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers

5. of timepieces

e.g. the clock is almost an hour slow
my watch is running behind

Synonym: slow

介词和副词用法（PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES）

1. 在…后面
If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.

behind的翻译

e.g. I put one of the cushions behind his head...
我把其中的一个软垫垫在他脑后。
e.g. They were parked behind the truck...
他们停在了卡车后面。

2. 跟在…后面
If you are walking or travelling behind someone or something, you are following them.

e.g. Keith wandered along behind him...
基思跟在他后面闲逛。
e.g. Myra and Sam and the children were driving behind them.
迈拉和萨姆带着孩子们开车跟在他们的后面。

3. 在（桌子、柜台、吧台等）的后面
If someone is behind a desk, counter, or bar, they are on the other side of it from where you are.

e.g. The colonel was sitting behind a cheap wooden desk...
上校坐在一张廉价的木桌后面。
e.g. He could just about see the little man behind the counter.
他勉强能看到柜台后面的小个子男人。

4. 在…身后（随手关上门）
When you shut a door or gate behind you, you shut it after you have gone through it.

e.g. I walked out and closed the door behind me...
我走了出来，随手带上了门。
e.g. He slammed the gate shut behind him.
他砰的一声带上了大门。

5. 在（某一局势）背后（或幕后）
The people, reason, or events behind a situation are the causes of it or are responsible for it.

e.g. It is still not clear who was behind the killing...
凶杀案的幕后主使尚不清楚。
e.g. He is embarrassed about the motives behind his decision.
关于这项决策的背后动机，他觉得难以启齿。

6. 支持；作为…的后盾
If something or someone is behind you, they support you and help you.

behind的解释

e.g. He had the state's judicial power behind him.
他有国家司法权作后盾。

7. 在（…的外表）之下
If you refer to what is behind someone's outside appearance, you are referring to a characteristic which you cannot immediately see or is not obvious, but which you think is there.

e.g. What lay behind his anger was really the hurt he felt at Grace's refusal...
他生气的表面之下是因遭格雷斯拒绝而深受伤害的心。
e.g. Behind the smiling eyes lurks the evil that led her to murder the two babies in her care.
她笑里藏刀，杀害了她照顾的两个宝宝。

8. 不及；比不上；落后于
If you are behind someone, you are less successful than them, or have done less or advanced less.

e.g. She finished second behind the American, Ann Cody, in the 800 metres...
她在800米赛跑中落后于美国选手安·科迪而位居第二。
e.g. Food production has already fallen behind the population growth.
粮食生产已经跟不上人口增长。

9. 对…来说成为过去；抛到…的脑后
If an experience is behind you, it happened in your past and will not happen again, or no longer affects you.

behind什么意思

e.g. Maureen put the nightmare behind her...
莫琳已将噩梦抛诸脑后。
e.g. He will attempt to put behind him the misery of failing to win a medal in his individual event.
他会尽力忘掉自己没能在个人项目上夺牌的痛苦。

10. 有（某种成就）
If you have a particular achievement behind you, you have managed to reach this achievement, and other people consider it to be important or valuable.

e.g. He has 20 years of loyal service to Barclays Bank behind him...
他已经忠心耿耿地为巴克莱银行效力了20年。
e.g. Birgit was a popular actress with half a decade of filmmaking behind her.
比吉特曾是一位当红女演员，有着五年的从影经历。

11. 落后于；迟于；晚于
If something is behind schedule, it is not as far advanced as people had planned. If someone is behind schedule, they are not progressing as quickly at something as they had planned.

e.g. The work is 22 weeks behind schedule...
这项工作比计划滞后了22周。
e.g. We were two months behind schedule, and already over budget.
我们的进度晚了两个月，而且已经超出了预算。

12. 留在原处；留下来
If you stay behind, you remain in a place after other people have gone.

e.g. As women were not permitted in the war zone, Eleanor would have to stay behind...
女性是不允许进入战区的，所以埃莉诺不得不留在后方。
e.g. About 1,200 personnel will remain behind to take care of the air base.
大约会有1,200人留守看管这个空军基地。

13. 丢下；抛下
If you leave something or someone behind, you do not take them with you when you go.

e.g. The rebels fled into the mountains, leaving behind their weapons and supplies...
叛军丢下武器和给养，逃进了山里。
e.g. He came to Saudi Arabia, leaving behind his wife and their three children.
他抛下妻子和三个孩子来到了沙特阿拉伯。

14. to do something behind someone's back -> see back
behind bars -> see bar
-> see behind the scenes
-> see scene
behind the times -> see time

名词用法（NOUN USE）

1. 臀部；屁股
Your behind is the part of your body that you sit on.

1.

1. 在后面,在...背后：at one's service 为...服务 | behind 在后面,在...背后 | remember 记住,记得