可可茶话会第250期:失败后另起炉灶
日期:2013-05-11 17:08
(单词翻译:单击)
关键词:back to the drawing board 重新开始;失败后另起炉灶;重来一次
短语释义:今天我们要学习的短语是:back to the drawing board。A drawing board是制图板。一个工程是从绘制蓝图开始的,而在过去蓝图是在绘图板上绘制的。若是按这个蓝图进行工作时发现不可行,那就得回到绘图板重新绘图,也就是go back to the drawing-board.这个短语面意思是回到制图板去,实际上它的意思是:Start again on a new design or plan after the failure of an earlier attempt. 当我们要表示由于某个计划,方案或设计等行不通时“从头开始”“推倒重来”时,我们就可以用back to the drawing board这个短语来表示。
情景领悟:
1. It looks like my plan to kill the weeds in the garden has failed. Back to the drawing board.
看样子我的花园除草计划已经失败了,我得重新来过了。
2. Since he was back to the drawing board, he's been very successful.
自从他失败以后另起炉灶,就一直很成功。
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