Word
backbiting
/ˈbækbait/
verb
对某人进行恶意的诽谤或中伤。
backbiting is the present participle of backbite.
- 1.
To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
对某人进行恶意的诽谤或中伤。
- 2.
To speak badly of an absent individual.
说不在场的人的坏话。
说不在场的人的坏话。；背后诽谤；背后中伤
Connections
Word family
- backbites
- plural, third person singular
- backbit
- past
- backbitten
- past participle
- backbiting
- present participle
Learner notes
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