22-03-23 哗众取宠，汉语成语，意思是以浮夸的言行迎合大众，骗取大众的信赖和支持（court peoples favour by saying something impressive; gain notoriety by shocking statements）。含贬义，形容轻浮好虚荣。 例句： 为了哗众取宠，那位演讲者大讲特讲粗俗的笑话。 The spea...

22-03-23 竹篮打水一场空，成语，又作竹篮打水（draw water with a bamboo basket ─ all in vain），比喻白费力气，没有效果，劳而无功（work hard but to no avail；a fruitless attempt）。 例句： 到头来，竹篮打水一场空。 Finally, it is like drawing water with a sieve...

22-03-23 因小失大，汉语成语，字面意思是lose a great deal through trying to save a little，比喻为了小的利益而失去大的利益，得不偿失，可以翻译为suffer a big loss for a little gain或 lose the main goal because of small gains。 例句： 我们不能因小失大。 We cant...

22-03-22 得不偿失，汉语成语，意思是所得的利益抵偿不了所受的损失。可以翻译为one is losing more than one is gaining或the loss outweighs the gain等。 例句： 这次交易会得不偿失。 The trade fair was not worth the cost....

21-11-23 不知道有多少小伙伴，碰到事情总抱着再等等的心态，一切都要拖到最后 近日，一项调查显示，超过97%的大学生都觉得自己或多或少地有拖延症。就连吃晚饭这样日常的事，有人都能拖到晚上9点。 拖延症，表示the act of delaying something that must be done，英文是procra...

21-01-27 瞒天过海 ，汉语成语，字面意思是瞒住上天，偷渡大海（cross the sea under camouflage）。比喻用谎言和伪装向别人隐瞒自己的真实意图，在背地里偷偷地行动。可以翻译为to practise deception; try to deceive everybody。 例句： 为了获取那份机密情报，那个间谍瞒天...

15-08-21 The best way to test if a reform has achieved its aim is to check people's true feelings about the reform fruits. Xi said that making people have a sense of gain is a decisive rule to measure the gold content of any reform. 检验改革效果的最佳方式就...