straw in the wind
基本解释
- 預兆
- 跡象
英汉例句
- A recent ruling in Europe may prove a straw in the wind.
歐洲最新的一項裁決或許就是一個預兆。 - The workers's non-cooperation is a straw in the wind that might indicate widespread industrial strife to come.
工人們的不協作態度，則是可能表明大槼模的工業競爭到來的跡象。 - A straw in the wind here is the administration-to-be's attitude to NASA, America's space agency.
從即將上台的奧巴馬政府對美國國家航空航天侷（NASA）的態度可以看出這種跡象。 - Another straw in the wind is the difficult progress of some regional trade agreements.
ECONOMIST: World trade - In this connection, its decision with respect to restoring grant security assistance to Ankara will be a critical straw in the wind.
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