94生活常识网有道词典

hot potato

H 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌhɒt pəˈteɪ.təʊ]
  • 美式音标 [ˌhɑːt pəˈteɪ.t̬oʊ]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • 烫手山芋（喻指棘手的问题）；（英）烤土豆

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • In the meantime, passing the buck like a hot potato does not work.
    同时，将美元像个烫手山芋一样推出去是做不到的。
  • Last winter’s reform of ruinous price subsidies was a hot potato that only he dared to touch.
    去年冬天对离谱的价格补助进行的改革是个烫手山芋，只有他才敢触碰。
  • Eventually those dollars will come home, they have to, as a function of math. In the meantime, passing the buck like a hot potato does not work.
    从数学的功能上说，最终这些美元将必须回到美国。同时，将美元像个烫手山芋一样推出去是做不到的。

    • 原声例句

  • The words hot potato,for example, give you no idea at all to the meaning of the expression,hot potato.
  • So the questions must be dealt with carefully, the same way you would handle any other hot potato.
  • Now we are getting close to the meaning of hot potato.

    • 权威例句

  • The issue may be an ethical hot potato, but it is far from academic.
    ECONOMIST: Forcible medication

词组短语

    短语

  • Hot -potato 热马铃薯法
  • hot fried potato 热油炸土豆;热炒的土豆
  • hot t potato 烫手山芋;棘手问题
  • Hot chip potato 日本摇滚乐
  • Hot German Potato Salad 德式土豆沙拉

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • a problem, situation, etc. that is difficult to deal with and causes a lot of disagreement

专业释义

    新闻学与传播学

  • 烫手山芋（喻指棘手的问题）；（英）烤土豆
  • 使人厌恶的事