英语词组spat in the wind是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

spit in(to) the wind

To do something totally pointless, fruitless, or futile; to waste one's time doing something that will not or cannot come to pass. To be perfectly honest, I feel like voting is just spitting in the wind, so I don't even bother. My mom and dad spent years spitting in the wind trying to get my brother to take his studies seriously; in the end, he dropped out anyway to pursue a career in music.

spitting in (or into) the wind

a futile or pointless activity.

1996 Daily Telegraph Both the Church report and the atheist professor are spitting in the wind, of course, because the incoming tide of superstition has a long way to rise yet.

词组	spat in the wind
释义	(redirected from spat in the wind) spit in(to) the wind To do something totally pointless, fruitless, or futile; to waste one's time doing something that will not or cannot come to pass. To be perfectly honest, I feel like voting is just spitting in the wind, so I don't even bother. My mom and dad spent years spitting in the wind trying to get my brother to take his studies seriously; in the end, he dropped out anyway to pursue a career in music. spitting in (or into) the wind a futile or pointless activity. 1996 Daily Telegraph Both the Church report and the atheist professor are spitting in the wind, of course, because the incoming tide of superstition has a long way to rise yet.
随便看	On the lamb on (the) land on the land on the latch on the leading edge on the leading-edge on the level on the level, to be on the line on the lines on the lines of on the lines of (something) on the long finger on the lookout on the loose on the lowdown on the make on the make, to be On the Map on the march on the margins on the margins of on the margins of (something) on the margins of something on the mark