Pitfall
['pɪtfɔːl] or ['pɪt'fɔl]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind.
整理:纳特
解釋/意思:
n. a pit slightly covered so that wild beasts may fall into it: any concealed danger.
弗洛伊德手打
例句/造句/用法:
- Hindrances and pitfalls, dear girls, which beset us on our way to higher things! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- On our way upstairs, I called her attention to the sudden disappearance of Mrs. Crupp's pitfalls, and also to the prints of recent footsteps. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The notion is typical of the pitfalls in the path of any theorist who does not correct his logic by a constant reference to the movement of life. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Mr Venus took the lead, towing Mr Wegg, in order that his refractory leg might be promptly extricated from any pitfalls it should dig for itself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
整理:韦尔登