backronym
noun [ C ] language specialized /ˈbæk.rə.nɪm/ /ˈbæk.rə.nɪm/
逆向首字母缩略词
an existing word, phrase, or abbreviation that has been made into an acryonym (= a set of letters in which each is the first letter of a word in a name or phrase)
The Amber Alert system came from the name of a missing child, but later the backronym "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response" was created. “安珀警报系统”的名字来自于一个名叫安珀的失踪的孩子，但之后根据她名字的首字母创造了"美国失踪人口：广播紧急回应（AMBER）”这个逆向首字母缩略词。
BASIC is an acronym (for Beginner's All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code), not a backronym. BASIC是一个首字母缩略词（初学者通用符号指令代码），而不是一个逆向首字母缩略词。
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- The Apgar score, named after Dr Virginia Apgar, became a mnemonic backronym: Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity and Respiration.
- The FBI's motto is a backronym of FBI, "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity".