| 词组 | an axe hanging over something |
| 释义 | an ax(e) hanging over (someone or something)1. The threat of being fired. There's definitely going to be an axe hanging over me if the boss finds out that printing error was my fault. 2. The threat of being destroyed or ended. I worry that there's an axe hanging over our initiative now that our funding's been slashed. an axe hanging over somethingIf there is an axe hanging over something, that thing is likely to be destroyed or ended soon. Note: `Axe' is spelled `ax' in American English. The axe was hanging over 600 jobs at oil giant BP last night. |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词组固定搭配大全包含354030条英汉双解词组，基本涵盖了全部常用英文词组、短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。