A backhanded compliment is a remark which seems to be an insult but could also be understood as a compliment. A backhanded compliment is also a remark which seems to be a compliment but could also be understood as an insult.
例句
'Even my good reviews have tended to be backhanded compliments,' he says. 'They'll say I was good and almost unbearably grotesque.'...“即便贊揚我的評論也多似明褒實貶，”他說。“他們會說我的表演不錯，荒誕得幾乎讓人接受不了。”Saying she's improved comes over as a backhanded compliment.說她進步了聽起來倒像是一種諷刺。
ADJ-GRADED
拐彎抹角的；間接的
If you say that someone is doing something in a backhanded way, they are doing it indirectly.
例句
In a backhanded way, I think a lot of my energy and strength comes from my campaigning.我覺得我的活力和力量很多都間接來自于我的競選運動。
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
2. roundabout or ambiguous;
"attacks from tht source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity""a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"