| 释义 |
●a ˌglutton for ˈpunishment, ˈwork, etc. (informal) a person who seems to like doing unpleasant or difficult things 吃苦耐劳的人；任劳任怨的人；工作狂◆You’re going to drive all the way to London and back in a day? You’re a glutton for punishment, aren’t you?
你打算一路开车到伦敦，当天就返回来？你真不怕吃苦，不是吗？◆She’s a glutton for work. She stays late every evening.
她是个工作狂，每天都很晚才下班。 NOTE A glutton is a person who is too fond of food. In this idiom, it refers to a person who seems to be very fond of the thing mentioned. * glutton 意为“贪吃的人”。在这个习语中，它指“看上去非常喜欢做某事的人”。 |