该短语是介词短语,通常作状语,修饰动词(表示“做某事”的方式是“背着某人”)。
常见结构:
主语 + 动词 + 宾语 + behind one's back(强调“背着某人做某事”)
动词 + about sb. + behind sb.'s back(强调“背后议论某人”)
1、 "one's" 需与主语/逻辑宾语一致:
第一人称:behind my/our back(背着我/我们)
第二人称:behind your back(背着你/你们)
第三人称:behind his/her/their back(背着他/她/他们)
Don't talk about others behind their backs—it's rude.
别背后议论别人——这很没礼貌。
I heard they were gossiping about me behind my back.
我听说他们在背后说我闲话。
My parents made the decision to move behind my back.
我父母背着我做了搬家的决定。
She quit her job behind her husband's back because she hated it.
她因为讨厌那份工作,背着丈夫辞了职。
How could you lie to me behind my back?
你怎么能背着我撒谎?
He sold the family heirloom behind his sister's back.
他背着妹妹卖掉了家传的古董。
近义词:secretly(秘密地)、without sb.'s knowledge(不让某人知道)
反义词:in front of sb.(当着某人的面)、openly(公开地)
总结:"behind one's back" 重点在隐瞒对方的秘密行为 ,几乎都带有负面情绪,是描述人际关系中“不真诚”的常用短语。