| 释义 |
mill /mɪl/► SEE ALLgo through/put sb through the millgrist for/to sb’s mill
●go through/put sb through the ˈmillexperience, or make sb experience, sth difficult or painful （使）陷于困境，经受磨难◆It was a very difficult interview. They really put me through the mill.
这次面试不好对付，他们实在是为难我了。◆She’s been through the mill this year. First she lost her job and then her house was burgled.
今年她备受折磨。先是丢了工作，然后家里被盗。 NOTE A mill is a machine for crushing or grinding a solid substance into powder. * mill 是磨粉机。 ●grist for/to sb’s ˈmill (of an experience, a piece of information, etc. 经历、消息等) useful to sb 对某人来说有用；对某人有利可图◆As a novelist, I feel that any experience, good or bad, is grist to my mill.作为一个小说家，我觉得任何经历，无论好坏，对我来说都是有用的。 NOTE Grist is corn that is ready to be crushed in a mill in order to make flour. * grist 指在磨坊（mill）里磨粉用的谷物。 |