1. apple of one's eye 掌上明珠、心肝寶貝(指某人極為珍愛的人或物)
例句:Grandfather always made the most fuss of Gillian; she is the apple of his eye.
祖父總是極其寵愛吉林恩,她是他的掌上明珠。
2. apple-polisher 馬屁精
例句:John is such an apple-polisher, he always agrees with whatever the boss says.
約翰就是一個(gè)馬屁精,不管老板說什么他都同意。
3. apples and oranges 風(fēng)馬牛不相及的事物
例句:Men and women are like apples and oranges.
男人和女人是完全不同的。
4. rotten apple 壞家伙、害群之馬
例句:He's a rotten apple.
他是一個(gè)討厭的家伙。
5. upset the apple cart 搞砸或毀壞某事物
例句:Tom really upset the apple cart by telling Mary the truth about Jane.
湯姆把珍妮的真實(shí)情況告訴了瑪麗,他可真把事情給搞砸了。
6. an apple of discord 爭(zhēng)端;禍根
例句:I sense an apple of discord between you two.
我感覺你們倆不和。
7. apple of sodom 金玉其外,敗絮其中;徒具其表而無其實(shí)之物
例句:The thing I bought yesterday was found to be an apple of Sodom.
我昨天買的那樣?xùn)|西外表好看,而實(shí)際上用處不大。
8. dead sea apple 不可靠的成就;令人失望的事情
例句:This proposal sounds perfect but it will be dead sea apple if we don't do it exactly right.
這個(gè)計(jì)劃聽起來很完美,但如果我們不切實(shí)執(zhí)行,一切都是一場(chǎng)空。