bell the catkk: [ ]dj: [ ]1. 为别人冒险all the workers agreed that they wanted a pay increase, but nobody offered to bell the cat and talked to their employer.所有的工人都要加薪,但却没告奋勇去跟老板谈。bell the cat bell the cat, 谁去给猫脖子上系铃铛呢?要弄清条短语所表达的含义,还需从一条古寓言说起。猫以鼠为食,是老鼠最危险的敌人。因此老鼠整日在猫的威胁下生活,惶惶不可终日,随时都有被吞吃的危险。为此鼠王要求老鼠想出一个可靠的防范措施。一只鼠对大家说,我们可以在猫的项下挂一铜铃。铃声一响,大家就可以躲避起来。老鼠们拍手称赞。可是,这时有一只老鼠站了起来不紧不慢地问:“那么谁去给猫挂这只铃呢?”听到这句话,老鼠们的高兴劲顿时不见了,大家都缄默了。根据这一寓言,就产生了 bell the cat,不用说,敢于去“给猫挂铃”,肯定是要“为别人承担危险,挺身而出”的。这是一条动词短语,可用作谓语动词,是一种比喻的说法。比如都不愿做周末作业,但是谁肯站出来向老师提出来呢?"down with the weekend homework!"shouted all the boys. however, none of them dared to bell the cat and say that to the teacher.大家都想加薪,但谁肯承担这个风险去向老板提出来呢?all the men agreed that they wanted a pay increase, but nobody offered to bell the cat and ask their employer for the money. 20210311
the lenovo way 这种联想的方式 双语对照 词典结果: 网络释义 1.联想之道 例句: 1. while ibm has become the software and services special**t it wanted to be,lenovo ** along way from the"truly international enterpr**e"that chairman...
at the mercy of中文意思:任…摆布,在…前毫无办法;例句cuz we're living at the mercy of a painted riviere?因为我们活在珠宝画般的怜悯之中吗?mercy[英][ˈmɜ:si][美][ˈmɜ:rsi]n.宽容; 怜悯; 幸运; 侥幸; 复数:mercies相关单词:mercymercy例句h**e the gods no mer...
make good on the prom**e兑现承双语对照词典结果:make good on the prom**e兑现承诺; 结果来自词霸例句:1.now a new crop of services may finally make good on the prom**e of ubiquitous tv. 现在,新一代服许终将兑现无所不在的电视这一承诺了。
love ** in the air爱弥漫在空气中 例句:1.even in the chinese animal kingdom, love ** in the air: at a kunming animal park, a ram and a deer were wed across the species line in a special valentine's ceremony...