backcloth

backcloth的英语例句

1. John Steinbeck used the dust and the pitiless skies as the backcloth to his novel.

   约翰·斯坦贝克把尘土和烈日炙烤的天空用作小说的背景。

2. I'm not impressed by the promise of tax cuts against the backcloth of a public-spending deficit.

   在公共开支出现赤字的情况下承诺减税让我不以为然。