loaded dice
常見例句
- Everybody knows that the dice are loaded.
每個人都知道骰子被灌了鉛。
31329448.qzone.qq.com - 1:This firm told me I was best qualified for the job. But I lost out; later I found out why. I was playing against loaded dice -- the big boss insisted they hire his nephew instead.
這家公司起先說他最有資格擔當那個職務,但是結果他卻失去了那個機會。后來他才發(fā)現其中的內幕,原來是大主管非得把自己的侄子安插在這個職位上不可。 這完全不是公平競爭;根本就是濫用職權、任人惟親的做法??梢娝f: I was playing against loaded dice,意思是他們用不正當手段占了我的上風,或者他們的不正當手段把我給坑了,而loaded dice這兒就指占人便宜的不正當做法。 - For hostile people, the dice may be loaded when it comes to taking up smoking.
對性格沖動的人而言,一旦抽煙就很難戒得掉。
edu.sina.com.cn - Germans who prefer to be self-employed so that they can avoid paying salaried workers' full social-security contributions also complain that the dice are loaded against them.
ECONOMIST: What's ailing German industry - "The dice were loaded for Omnicom, " he says.
FORBES: Kiss and Punch - The dice seem loaded in the Republicans' favour.
ECONOMIST: Nevada’s Senate race 返回 loaded dice