He’s been feathering his own nest at the expense of the people he was supposed to be helping.
他本来应该帮助那些人的,却藉此从中谋取私利。
单词 | feather ... nest |
释义 |
feather ... nest
英语例句库
He’s been feathering his own nest at the expense of the people he was supposed to be helping. 他本来应该帮助那些人的,却藉此从中谋取私利。
原声例句
正音:美语发音基础教程 Furniture stores welcome young couples who want to feather their nests. 家具店欢迎想要装饰新房的年轻夫妇。 一个叫欧维的男人决定去死 Why should the power company directors feather their nests because of a bit of seasonality? 电力公司老板休想因为一点季节更替的小事就坐享其成。 VOA慢速英语_单词故事 If you feather your own nest, you are not making your home comfortable by adding feathers. 如果你谋取私利,你就不是通过增加羽毛来让你的家变得舒适。 人物杂志 The day Ellerin was killed, she took her father, Michael, to the airport after he'd spent a week helping her paint and fix up her place. We were feathering her nest, he said. 埃勒林被杀的那天,她送父亲迈克尔(Michael)去了机场,此前他花了一周的时间帮她油漆和装修房子。“我们在给她的巢插上羽毛,”他说。 BBC随身英语(官网版) As Philip Graves says: " There is a balance to strike between the extent to which we can feather our own nest, so to speak, and the risk of being ostracised by the group" . 正如 Philip Graves 所说:“可以说, 我们可以在自己的巢穴中占上风的程度与被群体排斥的风险之间取得平衡” 。 |
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