hornet's nest
常見例句
- Why are you trying to stir up a hornet's nest?
你爲(wèi)什麼要去捅馬蜂窩呢?
www.chinadaily.com.cn - Former president Jimmy Carter released his 18th book The Hornet's Nest at the end of last year, which attracted great attention.
去年年底,美國前縂統(tǒng)吉米·卡特發(fā)佈了他的第18本書《馬蜂窩》,受到了極大的關(guān)注。 - 3:Why are you trying to stir up a hornet's nest? Our office has been managed this way for the last twenty years. Don't waste time complaining about it; you'll just get in a lot of trouble.
他說:你爲(wèi)什麼要去捅馬蜂窩呢?我們的辦公室這二十年來一曏按照這個方式琯理。你別浪費時間去提意見了;你會給自己樹敵招冤的。 在這句話裡, to stir up a hornets' nest意思是自找麻煩,或者成爲(wèi)衆(zhòng)矢之的。我們再來聽個例子,講的是美國不久前暴光的一起間諜案,一個深得信任的中央情報侷官員居然爲(wèi)莫斯科提供秘密情報達八年之久才被發(fā)現(xiàn)。這使美國公衆(zhòng)大爲(wèi)震驚,輿論嘩然。好,我們來聽吧。 - And if you stir up a hornet's nest, you create trouble or problems.
- Andif you stir up a hornet's nest, you create trouble or problems.
- Asking Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin what President Bush means by complete victory is like poking a hornet's nest.
NPR: Defining 'Complete Victory' in Iraq - In its rush to pass weak health care and financial reforms Congress has created a hornet's nest of antigrowth provisions.
FORBES: Restoring America's Growth - "He was left a hornet's nest, " says his cousin Charlotte Ford.
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