bite the tongue

基本解釋

• 保持緘默

英漢例句

雙語(yǔ)例句

• Mustard and pepper bite the tongue.
  芥末和胡椒粉刺痛舌頭。
• Workers in their 30s and older typically "have enough life experience that you learn to bite the tongue and to not overreact," says executive search consultant Charley Polachi.
  執(zhí)行搜索顧問Charley Polachi說，30幾歲或是更年長(zhǎng)的雇員一般都“具有足夠的生活經(jīng)驗(yàn)，他們知道要學(xué)著保持沉默，不要做過火的事”。

權(quán)威例句

• Set against the harsh tongue and poor syntax of his predecessor, Mr Walesa, the nattily dressed, sound-bite-loving ex-communist looked the more modern man that the country was in need of.
  ECONOMIST: Aleksander Kwasniewski, a polished Pole

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詞組短語(yǔ)

短語(yǔ)

• bite the lip or tongue 緘口結(jié)舌

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