When we explained some of Trump's criticism to this finance student Simon Xu, he thought some of it might actually be a backhanded compliment.
当我们向这位金融学生徐先生解释了一些特朗普的批评言论,他认为其中的一些有可能是讽刺挖苦下的恭维。
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I mean, it's a weird sort of backhanded compliment.
我的意思是,这是一种奇怪的反讽恭维。
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That's a backhanded compliment, if I've ever heard one.
如果我听过的话,这是一种讽刺性的赞美。
2008 ESLPod
So, he's really sort of criticizing Gerard for not finishing college, that's why it's a backhanded compliment.
所以, 他实际上是在批评杰拉德没有完成大学学业,这就是为什么这是一种讽刺性的恭维。
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It's where I give you a bunch of backhanded compliments and then psychologically something happens and you have no choice but to fall in love with me.
在这里,我给了你一堆反讽的赞美,然后心理上发生了一些事情,你别无选择,只能爱上我。
2008 ESLPod
For example, you say to your girlfriend, " You look so much better today." This is a backhanded compliment because what you're really saying is that you didn't look very good yesterday.
An insult is an expression, statement (or sometimes behavior) which is disrespectful or scornful. Insults may be intentional or accidental. An insult may be factual, but at the same time pejorative, such as the word "inbred".