behind

一、真题好句
behind 义务阶段1500 全国卷频次:45
/bɪˈhaɪnd/
prep.&ad.
（表示位置）在…后面 & 在后面；向后
高考真题原句提选：
I looked left, right and behind me.
He left the book behind in Montreal.
A car pulled up behind me.

二、词组｜习惯用语
from behind 从…后面
drop behind 落…之后；落伍
go behind 进一步斟酌；探究
come from behind 迎头赶上
line up behind 拥护；追随：;使追随；跟随;

三、词根记忆

behind
prep.
在…的背後,(遺留)在..後面;落後於It’s acertained that the certificate is behind the curtain of the stainless steel container.經查實證書在不鏽鋼容器的簾子後面.

be·hind / bi5haind /
preposition
1. at or towards the back of sb / sth, and often hidden by it or them
在(或向)…的后面；在(或向)…的背面:
Who’s the girl standing behind Jan?
站在简身后的女孩是谁？
Stay close behind me.
紧跟在我后面。
a small street behind the station
车站后面的小街
She glanced behind her.
她扭头朝背后扫了一眼。
Don’t forget to lock the door behind you (= when you leave).
出门时记着把门锁上。
The sun disappeared behind the clouds.
太阳消失在云层里。
⇨ compare in front of at front n.
⇨ note at back
2. making less progress than sb / sth
落后于:
He’s behind the rest of the class in reading.
他的阅读能力不及班上其他人。
We’re behind schedule (= late).
我们的工作进度落后了。
3. giving support to or approval of sb / sth
支持；赞成:
She knew that, whatever she decided, her family was right behind her.
她知道,无论她做出什么决定,她的家人肯定会支持她的。
4. responsible for starting or developing sth
是…产生(或发展)的原因:
What’s behind that happy smile (= what is causing it) ?
为什么会笑得那么开心？
He was the man behind the plan to build a new hospital.
他就是策划建立新医院的人。
5. used to say that sth is in sb’s past
成为(某人的)过去:
The accident is behind you now, so try to forget it.
这次意外已经过去了,把它忘掉吧。
She has ten years’ useful experience behind her.
她有十年的经验,能派上用场。
adverb
1. at or towards the back of sb / sth; further back
在(或向)…的后面；在后面较远处:
She rode off down the road with the dog running behind.
她骑车沿路而去,狗跟在后面奔跑着。
The others are a long way behind.
其余的人远远地落在后面。
He was shot from behind as he ran away.
他逃跑时后背中了弹。
I had fallen so far behind that it seemed pointless trying to catch up.
我落后太多,似乎追赶下去也毫无意义。
2. in the place where sb / sth is or was
留在原地:
I was told to stay behind after school (= remain in school).
我被告知放学后留下。
This bag was left behind after the class.
这个书包是有人下课后落下的。
3. ~ (with / in sth) late in paying money or completing work
拖欠；积压(工作):
She’s fallen behind with the payments.
她已经拖欠付款了。
He was terribly behind in his work.
他积压了大量工作。
noun
(informal) a person’s bottom. People often say ‘behind’ to avoid saying ‘bottom’.
(义同 bottom,委婉说法,即屁股)
SYN backside :
The dog bit him on his behind.
狗咬了他的屁股。

behind1 /bɪˈhaɪnd/ ●●● S1 W1 preposition , adverb
1  at or towards the back of a thing or person 在[向]…后面
I turned to speak to the person standing behind me.
我转身和站在我后面的那人说话。
Someone could easily creep up behind us.
很可能有人跟在我们后面。
The car behind was hooting impatiently.
后面那辆车不耐烦地按着喇叭。
Jane shut the door behind her.
简随手关上身后的门。
The manager was sitting behind a large desk.
经理坐在一张大办公桌的后面。
close behind/not far behind
He set off down the road with the rest of us following close behind.
他带头上路，我们其他人紧随其后。
Don’t say ‘behind of’: He hid behind a chair (NOT behind of a chair).
不要说 ‘behind of’: He hid behind a chair (不说 behind of a chair). 他躲在一把椅子的后面。
2  not as successful or not having made as much progress as someone or something else 劣于；落后于；低于
Mark’s always behind the rest of his class in mathematics.
马克的数学成绩总是落在班上其他同学后面。
This victory lifts Ferguson’s team into fifth place, nine points behind leaders Norwich.
这场胜利使弗格森的球队升到了第五名，落后领先的诺里奇队九分。
Europe was falling behind in the important field of computer technology.
欧洲在计算机技术这一重要领域落后了。
3  used to say that someone is late in doing what they have to do 〔必须做的事情在时间上〕落后
This work should have been finished yesterday. I’m getting terribly behind.
这项工作应该昨天完成的，我落后太多了。
Victor had fallen behind with his mortgage payments after losing his job.
维克托失业以后就拖欠抵押贷款了。
an important research project that is already two years behind schedule (=not ready at the time planned)
进度已经落后了两年的一个重要研究项目
4  used for talking about the hidden reason for something 在…背后〔用于表示某事背后的原因〕
I wonder what’s behind this change of plan.
我想知道这次计划改变背后的原因是什么。
Perhaps a bitter experience lay behind her anger.
在她愤怒的背后可能隐藏着一次痛苦的经历。
5  supporting a person, idea etc 支持
The workers are very much behind these proposals.
工人们非常支持这些建议。
I suppose I’m lucky because my parents were behind me all the way.
我想我是幸运的，因为父母一直支持我。
6  responsible for a plan, idea etc or for organizing something 对…负责
It was alleged that foreign agents were behind the recent violence.
据称最近的暴力事件是由国外特工策划的。
The Rotary Club is behind the fund-raising for the new hospital.
扶轮社负责新医院的筹款工作。
7  if an unpleasant experience or situation is behind you, it no longer upsets you or affects your life 置于…之后〔指不愉快的事情不再困扰你或影响你的生活〕
Now you can put all these worries behind you.
现在你可以把这些烦恼全部撇在脑后了。
a chance to start a new life and leave all your troubles behind
抛开所有烦恼、开始新生活的一个机会
8  if you have experience behind you, you have gained valuable skills or important qualities that can be used 〔经验〕为…所拥有
Marjorie is one of the top designers in the business, with years of experience behind her.
玛乔里是这个行业里的顶级设计师之一，拥有多年的工作经验。
9  used when the real facts about a situation or someone’s character are hidden by the way things seem or by the way a person behaves 在…背后，在…表面下〔指现象背后的真实情况，或某人行为后面的真实性格〕
10. if a student stays behind after school or after a lesson, they stay after it has finished 〔学生放学后〕留堂
→ behind somebody’s back at back2(9), → behind bars at bar1(7), → behind the times at time1(38)
behind2 noun [countable] informal the part of your body that you sit on 屁股 SYN bottom
Origin behind1 Old English behindan, from hindan “from behind”

behind
1. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES 介词和副词用法
2. NOUN USE 名词用法
In addition to the uses shown below, behind is also used in a few phrasal verbs, such as ‘fall behind’ and ‘lie behind’.

除下列用法外，behind 还可用于 fall behind 和 lie behind 等短语动词中。

1.PREP 介词在…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.

【搭配模式】：be ADV
I put one of the cushions behind his head…

我把其中的一个软垫垫在他脑后。

They were parked behind the truck…

他们停在了卡车后面。

The moon disappeared behind a cloud.

月亮消失在云后。

Behind is also an adverb.
Rising into the hills behind are 800 acres of parkland…

800英亩绿地延伸至山丘后面。

She was attacked from behind.

有人从后面袭击了她。

2.PREP 介词跟在…后面 If you are walking or travelling behind someone or something, you are following them.
Keith wandered along behind him…

基思跟在他后面闲逛。

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。

Behind is also an adverb.
The troopers followed behind, every muscle tensed for the sudden gunfire.

骑兵尾随其后，精神高度紧张以防突袭。

3.PREP 介词在（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.
The colonel was sitting behind a cheap wooden desk…

上校坐在一张廉价的木桌后面。

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.PREP 介词在…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.

【搭配模式】：PREP pron
I walked out and closed the door behind me…

我走了出来，随手带上了门。

He slammed the gate shut behind him.

他砰的一声带上了大门。

5.PREP 介词在（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.
It is still not clear who was behind the killing…

凶杀案的幕后主使尚不清楚。

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

【搭配模式】：PREP pron
He had the state’s judicial power behind him.

他有国家司法权作后盾。

7.PREP 介词在（…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.
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。

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

Food production has already fallen behind the population growth.

粮食生产已经跟不上人口增长。

Behind is also an adverb.
The rapid development of technology means that she is now far behind, and will need retraining…

随着技术的快速发展，她已经远远落伍了，需要接受再培训。

The accounts are more than three months behind.

这些账目滞后三个多月。

9.PREP 介词对…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.

【搭配模式】：PREP pron
Maureen put the nightmare behind her…

莫琳已将噩梦抛诸脑后。

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.PREP 介词有（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.

【搭配模式】：have/with n PREP pron
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。

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.PREP 介词落后于；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.

【搭配模式】：oft n PREP n
The work is 22 weeks behind schedule…

这项工作比计划滞后了22周。

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

【搭配模式】：ADV after v
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。

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

【搭配模式】：ADV after v
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。

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;
1.N-COUNT 可数名词臀部；屁股 Your behind is the part of your body that you sit on.

1 behind /bɪˈhaɪnd/ adverb
1
a : in or toward the back在后面；向后
look behind
向后看
The older students entered the room first with the younger students following behind.
高年级学生先走进房间，低年级学生跟在后面。
b : in the place that someone is going away from留在原地
She stayed behind after the other guests left.
其他客人走后，她留了下来。
They left behind everything they owned when they fled the country.
他们逃离那个国家时，所有财产都没有带走。
We had to leave our family, friends, and neighbors behind.
我们不得不告别我们的家人、朋友和邻里。
— often used figuratively常用作比喻
She has left her fears and doubts behind. [=she is no longer fearful and doubtful] 她抛开了恐惧和疑虑。
She wanted to leave the past behind. [=forget about the past] 她想忘掉过去。
c : later in time迟；晚
“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”
“如果冬天来了，春天还会远吗？
P. B. Shelley, “Ode to the West Wind” (1820)P.B.雪莱，《西风颂》(1820)
2
: in a losing position in a race or competition（在比赛中）落后
“How far behind was she?” “At least 50 yards (behind).”
“她落后多远？”“至少50码。”
We were ahead in the first half, but now we’re behind.
上半场我们领先，但现在落后了。
We were behind by five runs. = We were five runs behind.
我们落后五分。
a politician who is behind in the polls
选票落后的政治人物
She was losing the race but she came from behind and is now in front.
眼看就要输掉比赛了，但她迎头赶上，现已经跑到了前面。
3
a — used to describe something that is not happening or proceeding as quickly as it should（进程）慢，落在后面
We’re running about five minutes behind [=late] with tonight’s schedule.
按照今晚的安排，我们迟到了五分钟。
b — used to describe someone who is not doing something (such as paying a debt) as quickly as required or expected拖延；拖欠；不按时
He got a bit behind [=late] in/with his payments.
他付款有些迟了。
He is behind in (paying) his rent.
他未按时缴纳租金。
2 behind /bɪˈhaɪnd/ preposition
1
: in or to a place at the back of or to the rear of (someone or something)在…的后面；向…的后面
Look behind you.
向后看。
He was standing in front of me and she was standing behind [=in back of] me.
他站在我前面，她站在我后面。
The older students entered the room first with the younger students following behind them.
高年级学生先走进房间，低年级学生跟在后面。
The house is behind some trees. [=there are some trees in front of the house] 房子在几棵树的后面。
The cat hid behind the couch.
那只猫藏在了长沙发后面。
The sun went/hid/was behind a cloud.
太阳躲进了云层。
— see also behind the eight ball at eight ball
2
: losing to (someone or something) in a race or competition（在比赛中）落后于
“How far behind the other runners was she?” “At least 50 yards (behind them).”
“她落后其他选手多远？”“至少50码。”
They were ahead of us by 5 points earlier in the game, but now they’re behind us by 7.
他们在比赛前阶段领先我们5分，但现在落后我们7分。
The polls show that he is behind the other candidates.
投票结果显示，他落后于其他候选人。
The company is now behind the competition.
目前这家公司在竞争中处于劣势。
3
: in a less advanced position than (someone or something)低于
He was a year behind me in school. [=he finished school a year after I did] 他在上学时比我低一届。
: not happening or proceeding as quickly as (someone or something)（进程）落后于
He was behind the other students in his studies.
他学习不如其他同学。
This year’s sales have lagged considerably/significantly behind last year’s sales. [=sales have not been as good this year as they were last year] 今年的销售额远不如去年。
We’re running about five minutes behind schedule. [=late] 按照预定计划，我们迟了五分钟。
4
a : in the past for (someone or something)已成为…的过去
Those problems are behind us now.
那些问题对我们而言已经过去了。
Her best work is behind her. [=her best work was in the past] 她曾创作过上乘之作。
He has many years of experience behind him. [=he has many years of experience in his past] 他有多年的经验。
b : out of the mind or thoughts of (someone)不再想；忘掉
Let’s put our troubles behind us. [=let’s stop thinking/worrying about our troubles] 我们把烦恼抛开吧。
5
a : providing the reason or explanation for (something)为…提供原因（或解释）
We need to learn more about the conditions behind the strike. [=the conditions that led to the strike] 我们需要了解有关此次罢工的更多原因。
What was really behind his murder? [=what was the real reason for his murder?] 他被谋杀的真正原因是什么？
b : responsible for (something)（对某事）负责，有责任
We’ll get to the bottom of this conspiracy and find out who’s behind it!
我们将弄清这起阴谋的真相，查明谁是幕后的主使。
6
a : in support of (someone or something)支持
Despite the controversy, most of his supporters remain solidly behind him.
尽管存在争议，但他的大多数拥护者仍坚定地支持他。
We’re behind you all the way!
我们将一直支持你！
I encourage everyone to get behind these proposals. [=to support these proposals] 我鼓励大家都来支持这些提议。
b : with the support of (something)有…的支持
They won the game 1-0 behind brilliant pitching. [=brilliant pitching made it possible for them to win the game 1-0] 一记绝妙的投球使得他们以1：0赢得了比赛。
behind bars
— see 1bar
behind the times
— see 1time
3 behind /bɪˈhaɪnd/ noun
plural behinds [count] informal
: the part of the body above the legs that is used for sitting : buttocks屁股
kicked him in the behind
踢他的屁股
Get your behind over here right now! [=come here right now] 马上过来！