millstone
英 [ˈmɪlstəʊn]
美 [ˈmɪlstoʊn]
n. 磨石; 磨盘
复数：millstones
BNC.21046 / COCA.29411
习惯用语
n.
- a millstone around/round your neck
- 难以摆脱的沉重负担
a difficult problem or responsibility that it seems impossible to solve or get rid of - My debts are a millstone around my neck.
债务成了我难以摆脱的负担。
牛津词典
noun
- 磨石；磨盘
one of two flat round stones used, especially in the past, to crush grain to make flour
柯林斯词典
- 磨石；磨盘
Amillstoneis a large, flat, round stone which is one of a pair of stones used to grind grain into flour. - PHRASE 重担;重负;累赘
If you describe something asa millstoneora millstone aroundyourneck, you mean that it is a very unpleasant problem or responsibility that you cannot escape from.- For today's politicians, the treaty is becoming a millstone...
对于今天的政客而言，这个条约正在变成一个包袱。 - That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。
- For today's politicians, the treaty is becoming a millstone...
英英释义
noun
- one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
- any load that is difficult to carry
- (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
- she was an albatross around his neck
双语例句
- That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。 - The job had been a millstone around her neck.
这份工作是套在她脖子上的沉重负担。 - The mortgage on his house had become a millstone around his neck, leaving him very little money for anything else.
他房子的抵押贷款成为套在他脖子上的沉重负担，他几乎没有钱买其他东西。 - Lloyd is a big millstone around our neck, says one managing director who asked not to be quoted by name. People are tired of his management style and I think people want a change.
一位要求匿名的董事总经理说，人们厌倦了他的管理风格，我想人们希望看到一场改变。 - His lazy son is a millstone round his neck.
我欠的债像是在脖子上套著个磨盘。 - Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea
一支强大的天使，然后拿起一个大磨盘巨石的大小和扔到海里它 - Mk.9:42 And whoever stumbles one of these little ones who believe into Me, it is better for him if a great millstone is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea.
可九42凡绊跌一个信入我的小子的，倒不如把大磨石套在他的脖子上，把他扔在海里。 - It was originally named Millstone Hill for its circular shape.
古名磨儿山，形圆如磨，故名。 - If the grain of millet beneath the millstone had thoughts, it would, doubtless, think that same thing which Jean Valjean thought.
假使磨盘底下的黍粒有思维的能力，它所想的也许就是冉阿让所想的了。 - This jobis a millstone around my neck.
这个工作简直对我是一种负担。