英語習(xí)語諺語成語用法精粹 宗教神話類3-42 make bricks without straw

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【字面理解】沒有稻草卻要制磚

【英文解析】to perform a task without essential materials, equipment or information

【中文解析】做無米之炊;在缺少必要的材料(設(shè)備、信息) 的條件下做某事

【典型例句】 Do you think I can make bricks without straw? If I don’t have the data, how can I cany out the analysis?你以 為我可以做無米之炊么?沒有數(shù)據(jù)，我怎么分析呢?

Richard could not go to a library and writing the report was a job of making bricks without straw.理查德不能去 圖書館，那么要寫這份報告無異于要他做無米之炊。

【注釋】據(jù)《圣經(jīng)出埃及記》如)記載，從前以色 列人常常在埃及給埃及人服勞役，干和泥、制磚等粗 活。當(dāng)時，磚頭是用稻草、貝殼、木炭等混合制成的。