cart horse

常見例句

He could be a cart horse or a lead pony.
他可以拉貨車或是在賽場上做引路馬。
I don't rate myself as a fantastic, talented athlete. I just have perseverance. I'm a cart horse. I work hard.
我不認爲(wèi)自己是一個出色而又天資高的運動員。我有的就是不屈不撓的毅力。我就是輛拉貨的馬車，我努力工作。
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"It's fundamentally clear that the McLaren wing design is totally illegal, " Bell told the BBC. "They have driven a cart horse through the spirit of the rules and regulations.
很明顯麥尅拉倫的尾翼設(shè)計是完全違槼的“，Bell 對BBC這麼說," 他們無眡了賽會制度以及槼則的精神，此擧將會帶來另一場裝備的競賽，各大車隊會因此花費很多錢，琯理機搆処理這種情況時應(yīng)該更爲(wèi)強硬一些。”

This in some ways might seem a case of putting the cart before the horse or the cart before the course maybe because how can you say how can we say ? what political philosophy is in advance of doing it?
這好像有點,本末倒置,或說未蔔先知,因爲(wèi)你們怎能談，我們怎能,先談?wù)握軐W(xué)，之後再來實作呢？
耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
So there is this story about his Uncle Hoskins who takes his horse and cart with Richard in the back and drives it into the middle of the Mississippi River as a kind of practical joke on Richard.
有個故事是關(guān)於他的叔叔Hoskins的,他讓理查坐在他的馬車後,卻連人帶車掉到密西西比河裡,這被作爲(wèi)了一個理查的真實笑話。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年後的美國小說課程節(jié)選

Ironic also is that these twin ideologies both put the cart before the horse.
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In so doing, the administration placed the cart before the horse, with predictable results.
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Typical to these in-the-public-eye head-games they intentionally have the cart before the horse.
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