molehill的意思

molehill

基本解释

n. （由鼹鼠打洞扒出的泥土堆成的）鼹鼠丘；琐事；无意义的事；小困难（或障碍）

中文词源

molehill 鼹丘

mole,鼹鼠，hill,小山。比喻用法。

英文词源

molehill (n.): also mole-hill, mid-15c., from mole (n.2) + hill (n.).
To much amplifying thinges yt. be but small, makyng mountaines of Molehils. [John Foxe, "Acts and Monuments," 1570]

实用例句

1. The British press, making a mountain out of a molehill, precipitated an unnecessary economic crisis.: 英国报界小题大做，酿成了一场不必要的经济危机。

2. She was only five minutes late, but he made a mountain out of a molehill about it.: 她只不过迟到了五分钟, 但他却因此而大做文章.

3. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.: 让自由的回声响彻密西西比州的每一座大山小丘吧!

4. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.: 你不要小题大作了.

5. An old, close - bitten pasture, with a footpath wandering across it and a molehill here and there.: 这古老的牧场荒草参差, 一条曲曲弯弯的小径,一片鼹鼠拱起的土丘.

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