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  • 柯林斯词典释义
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • N-UNCOUNT
    躲藏;藏匿
    If someone is in hiding, they have secretly gone somewhere where they cannot be seen or found.
    例句
    Gray is thought to be in hiding near the France/Italy border... 他们认为格雷藏在法国和意大利边境附近。 Hundreds of people are said to have gone into hiding to avoid arrest... 据说有几百人为躲避逮捕而藏了起来。
  • N-COUNT
    痛打;狠揍
    If you give someone a hiding, you punish them by hitting them many times.
  • PHRASE
    白白浪费时间;白费工夫;毫无成功希望
    If you say that someone who is trying to achieve something is on a hiding to nothing, you are emphasizing that they have absolutely no chance of being successful.
    例句
    As regards commercial survival, a car manufacturer capable of making only 50,000 cars a year is on a hiding to nothing. 谈到商业生存,一个年产只有5万辆的汽车制造厂家是毫无成功希望的。