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plate /pleɪt/► SEE ALLhave enough, a lot, etc. on your platehand sth to sb on a platehand sb sth on a plate
●have enough, a lot, etc. on your ˈplate (informal) have enough, a lot of things, etc. to do or be responsible for 手头有太多的事要处理；问题（或工作等）成堆◆I can’t help you next week, I’ve got too much on my plate.
我下周不能帮你了，我自己的工作一大堆。◆She has a lot on her plate at the moment; that’s why she looks so worried all the time.
现在她有一堆事儿要操心，所以看上去一直都很焦虑。●hand sth to sb on a ˈplate●hand sb sth on a ˈplate (informal) give sth to sb without the person concerned having to make any effort to get it 将某物拱手送给某人◆She was handed the job on a plate. Somebody just telephoned her one afternoon and asked her if she’d like to work for the BBC.她这工作真是天上掉下来的。一天下午有人直接给她打电话，问她愿不愿意去英国广播公司工作。◆A contract’s not just going to be handed to you on a plate, you know. You have to earn it.要知道合同不会从天上掉下来，你得自己去争取。 |