Pour oil upon troubled waters
平息风波,调解纷争,调停
🧩 词语组成解析
pour
[pɔr]
vt. 涌出;倾，倒;
vi. 涌流;泛滥，涌出;斟，倒;
n. 倾泻;
oil
[ɔɪl]
n. 油;石油;油画;燃油;
vt. 给…加油;
vi. 化成油;
upon
[ə'pɑn]
prep. 在…上面;当…时候;
troubled
[['trʌbld]]
a. 烦恼的, 混乱的, 不安的
waters
[['wɔ:təz]]
n. 大片的水, 领海, 近海, 海域, 江水, 湖水, 河水, 矿泉水\\n[医] 羊水(俗名)
🗣️ 情景例句
If you want to have this job, you'll need to fully prepare for the interview.
如果你想得到这份工作，你得好好准备一下面试。
Mere words will not fill a bushel.
空言无补。
On turning eagerly to the text, one learns that the lady was a typist who found the sound of office typewriters worried her more and more until eventually she had to go into a mental hospital.
当人们急切地看完正文后，便知道这位女子是个打字员，办公室打字机的声音使她越来越烦恼，最终住进了精神病医院。