流逝汉英词典

out on a limb

O 开头单词

基本解释

  • 孤立无援；处于危险的境地

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英汉例句

    双语例句

  • He doesn't bring you out on a limb and then cut off the limb.
    他没有把你带到孤立无援的窘境，而又把后路切断。
  • And some people suggest Infinity may be going too far out on a limb.
    一些人认为英飞尼迪可能太孤立无援了。
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  • We develop them in our mind to keep us from going out on a limb.
    我们在脑海中想象这些情况以至于使我们不能向前一跃。

    • 原声例句

  • You are really out on a limb - if you're going to defend poetry--as Richards kept doing-- as "pseudo-statement," but of course pseudo-statement" is just another expression for what he calls here "fiction."
    你会陷入孤立无援的境地,如果你像，Richards一样-,说诗歌是“伪陈述“,当然，这里“伪陈述“只是,“虚构“的另一种说法“
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    • 权威例句

  • Both were out on a limb, ferociously challenging the slovenly relativism of everyone else.
    ECONOMIST: Richard Neuhaus
  • Six years ago Forbes ASAP went out on a limb and said infotech would crush inflation.
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  • But Kennedy has gone out on a limb to protect state rights to govern themselves.
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词组短语

    短语

  • out on a limb detail 超级女绑匪
  • go out on a limb 爬高枝;担风险;冒险
  • Going out on a limb 身处险境

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • having an opinion that is different from most people's and is unpopular