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pour /pɔː(r)/► SEE ALLpour your heart out (to sb)pour oil on troubled water(s)pour/throw cold water on sthget/pour/put a quart into a pint potheap/pour scorn on sb/sth
●pour your ˈheart out (to sb)tell sb all about your troubles, feelings, etc. （向某人）倾诉苦衷，敞开心扉◆When I asked her what was the matter, she burst into tears and poured out her heart to me.
我问她怎么了，她一下子哭了起来，并向我倒苦水。●pour oil on troubled ˈwater(s)try to settle a disagreement or dispute; take action which will calm a tense or dangerous situation 平息风波；疏解不和；调解争端◆He was always having rows with his son and his wife’s attempts to pour oil on troubled water usually made things worse.
他总是与儿子争吵，妻子想调解，却往往使事情变得更糟。◆There’s going to be big trouble unless somebody pours oil on troubled waters fast.
除非有人尽快调解争端，否则就会有大麻烦了。 OPP add fuel to the fire/flames ORIGIN Sailors used to pour oil on a rough sea to calm the water in order to make a sea rescue easier. 旧时水手往波涛汹涌的海面上倒油以使海水平静下来，使海上救援变得容易。●pour/throw cold ˈwater on sth (informal) discourage or try to prevent a plan, etc. from being carried out; be unenthusiastic about sth 给…泼冷水；阻止…施行；对…不热心◆I’ve had lots of ideas about how to improve sales but my manager pours cold water on all my suggestions.我对于如何增加销售额有很多想法，可是经理对我所有的建议都泼冷水。●get/pour/put a ˌquart into a pint ˈpot (BrE) try to do sth impossible, especially to try to put sth into a space which is too small for it 尝试不可为之事（尤指硬将某物塞进过小的空间）◆30 people in this small room! You can’t put a quart into a pint pot, you know.这么小的房间要挤进 30 个人！你知道以小容大是不可能的。 NOTE A pint is 0.568 litres and a quart is 1.136 litres. * 1 品脱等于 0.568 升，1 夸脱等于 1.136 升。 ●heap/pour ˈscorn on sb/sthspeak about sb/sth in a way that shows that you do not respect them or have a good opinion of them 嘲笑；对…嗤之以鼻（或不屑一顾）◆She poured scorn on his plans to get rich quickly.她对他迅速致富的计划不屑一顾。 |