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elephant in the room
时间: 2025-04-07 17:35:30

显而易见而又没人愿意讨论的问题

双语例句
  • There is an elephant in the room.

    屋子里有一头大象。

  • First let's point out the elephant in the room: Control.

    首先指出的是控制。

  • There was an elephant in the room, and its name began with an A.

    房间里有一头大象,它的名字以A开头的。

  • Gender balance, she wrote back then, is the elephant in the room.

    她回顾道,那时,性别平衡是大家心照不宣、人所共知的问题。

  • If I say there is a pink elephant in the room, is this true or lie?

    若我说这间屋子里有一个粉红色的大象,这是事实还是谎言。

  • I don't want to ask the question, but it is the big elephant in the room.

    我不想问那个问题,但这是明摆着的事实。

  • I hate to mix metaphors but it really is the 800lb. pink elephant in the room.

    我讨厌将比喻混合起来,但”嫉妒“确实就如同房间里一只800磅粉红色大象那么明显。

  • That recession (or the shortage of global aggregate demand) is the elephant in the room.

    衰退(或者说全球总体需求短缺)是明摆着的的现实(英谚:房中的大象,the elephant in the room,译者注)。

  • But its worst failure is over what Mr Heikal calls the elephant in the room: fuel subsidies.

    其中最失败之便是海卡尔(Heikal)所谓的“房间里的大象[1]”:燃料补贴。

  • Wenny: There's an elephant in the room, and no one dares talk about it since he's the boss now.

    这就是件国王的新衣,办公室里根本没人敢提这件事,他现在可是老板了。

  • Sometimes Jeremy is the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about, afraid to upset someone.

    有时候“杰里米”就像是一个难言之隐,无人愿意提及,他们害怕让别人难受。

  • The book stands to have a powerful impact in policy circles because it points to the elephant in the room.

    这本书会给政界带来强大的影响,因为它指出了屋子里的大象(注:指闭口不谈却确实存在的事实)。

  • By all means, follow the lead of the individual, but sometimes ignoring the elephant in the room is just the right medicine.

    无论如何,要谈论病人自己真正想谈论的,忽略病房里的那些事可能才是他们真正想要的。

  • It gets rid of all doubts and the conflict of interest sitting there like the elephant in the room with the corporate sponsor.

    这能让所有合作赞助商的怀疑和利益冲突消减。

  • The big - silent - elephant in the room is how all this monitoring and analysis of our voices will impact upon our right to privacy.

    但是这些对声音的监测和分析会对隐私权产生何种影响呢?这个问题显而易见,但却无人问津。

  • The elephant in the room is what restructuring the commission will force on RBS and Lloyds Banking Group (the merged Lloyds TSB and HBOS).

    显而易见的是,欧盟委员会将会强令苏格兰皇家银行以及劳埃德银行集团(即合并后的劳埃德TSB银行和哈利法克斯银行)进行改组。

  • So rather than letting the elephant in the room (the stress level in your life) walk around freely, point it out before you and your spouse get in to it.

    所以,与其让这只大象在房间里自由地走来走去(让你生活的压力一直在那儿),不如在你和你的伴侣牵扯进去之前把它说出来。

  • Bely says figuring out whether regenerativeabilities in all animals had the same evolutionary origins is theelephant in the room” for regeneration biology.

    别雷认为所有动物的再生能力是否具有相同起源这个问题,答案对于再生生物学来说是显而易见的。

  • But, the real elephant in the room is oftentimes that the wrong product is chosen to meet set goals-and, to top it off, the problem may be that there aren't any clear goals.

    但是,真正的原因有时是依错误的产品而来设定目标——并且,最终原因可能是没有任何清晰的目标。

  • Occasionally the language slackens into cliché: “we were finally addressing the elephant in the room”; “I could get into a sticky situation”; “I hadn’t quite passed the sniff test”.

    小说中的语言偶尔会松散到陈词滥调,如“我们最后在屋子里对大象演讲“。 “我能进入沼泽”“我没有通过这个不屑的测试”。

  • The elephant in your living room is your Internetconnected security camera, a device people are increasingly using for peace of mind in their homes.

    你客厅里的大象就是你的联网安全摄像头,人们逐渐在家里使用它来获得内心的平静。

  • The elephant in your living room is your Internet-connected security camera, a device people are increasingly using for peace of mind in their homes.

    “客厅里的大象”就是家里的联网安全摄像头。这一设备的使用越来越广,有了它,人们在家就能安心了。

  • Financing schools has become a problem about equal to having an elephant in the living room. It's so big you just can't ignore it.

    筹集学费已经像房间里的大象一样,成了一个不容忽视的问题。

  • What if the elephant of a job loss or resume gap isn't the only silent distraction in the room?

    假如你的拖累(失业,履历空白)不是应试时唯一潜在的干扰,该怎么办?

  • Or, place one statue of an elephant in the living room.

    或者,放置一个雕像大象在客厅中。