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地道美语听力练习:机场安检

2013-01-06来源:和谐英语

俚语like a lamb to the slaughter


英文释义:something that you say about someone who does something or goes somewhere calmly and happily, not knowing that something unpleasant is going to happen to them.


意为“像待宰的羔羊;温顺的,怯弱无助地”。


 



例句:
1. Bob went into the exam room like a lamb to the slaughter.
鲍勃进了考场,就像羔羊赴刑场一样。

2. He led his father to the ambush like a lamb to the slaughter.
正是他使大十字军在这场屠杀中显得不堪一击。