backyards

英 [ˌbækˈjɑːdz]

美 [ˈbæˌkjɑrdz]

n.  (屋后常有围墙的)后院; (包括草坪和花园的)屋后附属地带
backyard的复数

柯林斯词典

• 后院
  Abackyardis an area of land at the back of a house.
• N-COUNT （某国的）后院（指本土或该国意欲施加影响的邻近地区）
  If you refer to a country's ownbackyard, you are referring to its own territory or to somewhere that is very close and where that country wants to influence events.
  1. Economics will not stop Europe's politicians complaining when jobs are lost in their own backyard...
     当本国人口在失业时，经济情况是无法让欧洲的政治家停止抱怨的。
  2. Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, an area that the United States has long regarded as its own backyard.
     古巴是加勒比地区最大的岛屿，美国长期以来一直把它看作自己的后院。

双语例句

• Within the next few years, many forest researchers believe, companies will be totally revamping arboreal genomes, creating wholly new kinds of trees short, fat, almost branchiess that will look nothing like the pines and birches in suburban backyards.
  许多森林研究人员相信在未来的几年内，林业公司会完全改变乔木的基因组，创造出全新的树种一矮小、硕、枝一和郊区场院里看到的松树及桦树毫无相似之处。
• This weekend, as we celebrate Memorial Day, families across America will gather in backyards and front porches, fire up the barbeque, kick back with friends, and spend time with people they care about.
  这个周末，是阵亡将士纪念日，美国各地的家庭会在后院和前廊聚会，点燃篝火烧烤，与朋友一起放松，和心爱的人一起共渡美好时光。这都是应该的。
• Who knew that an investigation into that patch of grass in our backyards could be so fruitful-and so funny?
  谁知道其实观察后院的草坪也能够收获颇丰并且其乐无穷？
• I had time for a spy's glimpse into backyards – a view of cherished private plots and straggling geese – before we jolted to a halt.
  在我们的列车摇晃着停下来之前，我还来得及迅速瞥一眼居民的后院&看到的是妥善照料的自耕地和乱窜的鹅。
• The new strategy often means the farmers are crammed into apartments with no backyards to raise chickens or store tools, and they face a longer journey to their fields.
  新的战略常常意味着农民们要被塞进公寓楼，而这些公寓是没有后院可以给他们饲养牲畜或存放农具的，他们也要走更远的路去农田。
• But countless other acts of self-destruction and unthinkable acts of cruelty take place, unbeknownst to us, in our own backyards: the successful eye surgeon who gambles his kids'college tuition away;
  但是另有数不清其它自我毁灭式行为、不可想像残忍行为在不为我们所知的情况自己身边发生着：成功的眼科医生将自己孩子大学学费赌光；
• Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington – it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
  我们的竞选活动并非诞生于华盛顿的高门华第之内，而是始于得梅因、康科德、查尔斯顿这些地方的普通民众家中。
• Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington mdash; it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
  我们的竞选并非始于华盛顿的华丽大厅，而是起于德莫奈地区某家的后院、康科德地区的某家客厅、查尔斯顿地区的某家前廊。
• The feeding stations in the backyards were deserted.
  他们后院的饲养站已经没有鸟儿光顾了。
• Successful exporters not only benefit from increased revenues, they also become more competitive in their own backyards.
  成功的出口商不仅利润增加，在国内的竞争力也越强。