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apple /ˈæpl/► SEE ALLthe apple doesn’t fall/never falls far from the treethe apple of sb’s eyea bad/rotten appleas American as apple pieupset the/sb’s apple cart
●the apple doesn’t fall/never falls far from the ˈtree (saying, especially NAmE) a child usually behaves in a similar way to his or her parent(s) 有其父必有其子◆‘You have an adorable daughter.’ ‘Ah, well, you know what they say. The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree.’
“你的女儿很可爱。”“啊，你要知道俗话说得好：有其母必有其女。”●the ˌapple of sb’s ˈeyea person, usually a child, who sb loves very much; a favourite child 心肝宝贝；掌上明珠◆The second child, John, was the apple of his mother’s eye.
老二约翰是他妈妈的心肝宝贝。 ORIGIN In the past, the pupil (= the small round black area at the centre of the eye) was called the ‘apple’ of the eye, the part that had to be protected most carefully. 旧时，pupil （瞳孔）被称作是眼睛中的“苹果”，需要精心保护。●a bad/rotten ˈappleone bad person who has a bad effect on others in a group 害群之马◆In response to the allegations of mass corruption within the team, a former player said today, ‘There may be the odd rotten apple in the pack, but the majority are clean and honest.’
针对运动队存在大范围腐败现象这一指控，一位前队员今天回答说：“虽然有可能有那么一两个害群之马，但大多数队员是清白正直的。”●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。●upset the/sb’s ˈapple cart (informal) do sth that spoils a plan or stops the progress of sth 破坏某人的计划；打乱某事的进展◆Another, much cheaper hairdresser has opened next door, which has upset the apple cart.隔壁开了一家便宜得多的理发店，扰乱了这里的生意。 |