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pie /paɪ/► SEE ALLpie in the skyas American as apple piea share/slice of the cake(as) easy as ABC/pie/falling off a logeat humble piehave a finger in every pie(as) nice as pie
●ˌpie in the ˈsky (informal) ideas that are not practical; false hopes or promises 不现实的想法；不能实现的允诺；空中楼阁◆Most voters know that the big promises which politicians make before an election are just pie in the sky.
大部分选民都知道政客们在选举前的美妙许诺都是空头支票。◆He says he’s going to make a movie in Hollywood, but I think it’s all pie in the sky.
他说他要在好莱坞拍部电影，可我认为那是异想天开。 ORIGIN This comes from a song written in 1911 by Joe Hill, who worked to improve the rights of workers in America. The song criticizes religion for creating false hopes in the poor:‘Work and pray, Live on hay, You’ll get pie in the sky when you die.’ 这个习语源于乔 ∙ 希尔在 1911 年所写的一首歌，希尔致力于改善美国工人的权利。这首歌批判宗教给穷人带来的虚幻的希望：“工作吧，祈祷吧，吃草吧，死后就会有天上的馅饼吃了。”●as Aˌmerican as apple ˈpieused to say that sth is typical of America 地道美国式的◆For me, baseball is as American as apple pie.对我来说，棒球同苹果派一样是地道的美国玩意儿。●a share/slice of the ˈcake (BrE) (NAmE a piece/share/slice of the ˈpie) a share of the benefits or profits 分得的一份好处（或利益）◆Third-world countries are discovering how their natural resources have been exploited by the rest of the world and now they want a bigger slice of the cake.第三世界国家逐渐发现他们的自然资源被其他国家开发利用，现在他们想要享有更大的份额。●(as) ˌeasy as ABˈC/ˈpie/falling off a ˈlog (informal) very easy 极其简单；极容易◆Try using the new photocopier. It’s as easy as pie.试试那台新的复印机吧，简单极了。●ˌeat humble ˈpie (BrE) (NAmE eat ˈcrow) say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made 认错；低头谢罪◆I had to eat humble pie when Harry, who I said would never have any success, won first prize.哈里得了一等奖，我不得不低头道歉，因为我曾说过他永远也不可能成功。 ORIGIN This comes from a pun on the old word umbles, meaning ‘offal’ (= the inside parts of an animal), which was considered inferior food. 这个习语源于古词 umbles，指动物内脏，过去被视为下等食物，该词与 humble 为谐音双关。●have a finger in every ˈpie (informal) be involved in everything that happens 处处插手；什么都管◆Jane likes to have a finger in every pie.简就喜欢多管闲事。●(as) ˌnice as ˈpie (informal) very kind and friendly, especially when you are not expecting it （尤指出乎意料地）很善良，非常友好◆He’d been very nervous about meeting everyone, but they were all as nice as pie.与大家见面他很紧张，不过每个人都很友好。 |