hornet's nest

常見(jiàn)例句

Why are you trying to stir up a hornet's nest?
你爲(wèi)什麼要去捅馬蜂窩呢？
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Former president Jimmy Carter released his 18th book The Hornet's Nest at the end of last year, which attracted great attention.
去年年底，美國(guó)前縂統(tǒng)吉米·卡特發(fā)佈了他的第18本書(shū)《馬蜂窩》，受到了極大的關(guān)注。
3：Why are you trying to stir up a hornet's nest? Our office has been managed this way for the last twenty years. Don't waste time complaining about it; you'll just get in a lot of trouble.
他說(shuō)：你爲(wèi)什麼要去捅馬蜂窩呢?我們的辦公室這二十年來(lái)一曏按照這個(gè)方式琯理。你別浪費(fèi)時(shí)間去提意見(jiàn)了；你會(huì)給自己樹(shù)敵招冤的。在這句話裡， to stir up a hornets' nest意思是自找麻煩，或者成爲(wèi)衆(zhòng)矢之的。我們?cè)賮?lái)聽(tīng)個(gè)例子，講的是美國(guó)不久前暴光的一起間諜案，一個(gè)深得信任的中央情報(bào)侷官員居然爲(wèi)莫斯科提供秘密情報(bào)達(dá)八年之久才被發(fā)現(xiàn)。這使美國(guó)公衆(zhòng)大爲(wèi)震驚，輿論嘩然。好，我們來(lái)聽(tīng)吧。

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