(Brit.)a yard at the back of a house or other building (英)后院 ■(N. Amer.)a back garden (北美)后花园 ■(informal)the area close to where one lives, or the territory close to a particular country, regarded with proprietorial concern (非正式)(国家的)附近地区;“后院”地区 anything was preferable to a nuclear dump in their own backyard. 什么都比他们自己后院里的核废料堆要强。 ■one's area of interest or operation (个人)兴趣所在;经营业务