Saying she's improved comes over as a backhanded compliment.

说她进步了听起来倒像是一种讽刺。

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"Even my good reviews have tended to be backhanded compliments," he says. "They'll say I was good and almost unbearably grotesque."

“即便赞扬我的评论也多似明褒实贬，”他说。“他们会说我的表演不错，荒诞得几乎让人接受不了。”

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In a backhanded way, I think a lot of my energy and strength comes from my campaigning.

我觉得我的活力和力量很多都间接来自于我的竞选运动。

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It was a backhanded compliment.

这是一句貌似恭维实为挖苦的反话.

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Attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity.

那种来源的攻击等同于对他正直品质的间接赞扬.

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That's rather a backhanded compliment.

那倒是一则挖苦的恭维话.

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At its best, the idea is a backhanded compliment to discerning older consumers.

从最好的方面看, 这种想法是对精明的老年消费者拐弯抹角的赞扬.

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