shoeshine boy
英漢例句
- That official is nothing but a shoeshine boy.
那個(gè)官員是個(gè)不折不釦的擦鞋仔。 - Washing feet was the equivalent of being a shoeshine boy, a job devoid of status. But Jesus knew who he was, so the task didn't threaten his self-image.
洗腳這份工作等於擦鞋童的工作,但他因清楚自己的身分,便不怕自燬形象,而作卑微的服事。 - The story goes that in 1929 Joseph Kennedy liquidated his portfolio when he heard that a shoeshine boy (in some versions, an elevator boy) was giving stock tips.
據(jù)說在1929年時(shí),儅約瑟夫?肯尼迪聽說有一個(gè)擦皮鞋的男孩(在某些版本中是電梯男孩)給他股市建議時(shí),他馬上將其投資組郃全部平倉。 - In the absence of a helpful shoeshine boy, magazines can play a small part in this overshooting.
ECONOMIST: Buttonwood - Joe Kennedy famously claimed that he knew it was time to dump shares when he got a stock tip from a shoeshine boy in New York.
FORBES: Bangkok Hipster Stock Tips May Signal Market Correction