| 单词 | can of worms |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔PROBLEM〕Census questions about race are a pretty big can of worms. 涉及种族的人口普查问题会相当麻烦。朗文写作活用〔PROBLEM〕The government opened up a can of worms when it decided to reorganize the education system. 政府决定改革教育制度时突然发现有一大堆棘手的问题要处理。朗文写作活用〔can of worms〕Corruption is a serious problem, but nobody has yet been willing to open up that can of worms.腐败是很严重的问题，可是还没有人愿意触及这个难题。剑桥高阶〔can of worms〕Our boss is reluctant to change the policy now because she doesn't want to open a can of worms.我们老板现在不愿意改变政策，因为她不想惹上一堆麻烦。韦氏高阶〔can of worms〕We thought the project would be simple, but it turned out to be a real can of worms.我们原以为那个项目很简单，后来却发现很棘手。韦氏高阶〔can〕I just don't know what to do – every solution I can think of would just open up a whole new can of worms .我都不知道该怎么办 — 我能想到的每一个办法都会引出新的问题。朗文当代〔can〕Joe can't sit still for a minute — he is a can of worms.乔连一分钟也坐不住,他是个狂躁型的人。英汉大词典〔can〕They are worried that they might open a can of worms.他们担心可能会遇到大麻烦。外研社新世纪〔can〕When made chairman of that investigating committee, he was being handed a can of worms.选他担任调查委员会主席,正是叫他接手一个烂摊子。英汉大词典〔can〕You opened a real can of worms with that last question.你提出的最后一个问题很棘手。麦克米伦高阶〔mix your metaphors〕Mixing his metaphors, he described the problem by saying "We've opened up a can of worms here, and now we have to get the genie back in the bottle".他用混合隐喻形容面对的问题，“我们打开了一个‘虫罐子’，现在我们必须把妖怪放回瓶子里去”。剑桥高阶〔worm〕Drug abuse is a can of worms nobody wants to open at sporting events.滥用药物是体育赛事中无人想要触及的棘手问题。柯林斯高阶〔worm〕You've opened up a whole new can of worms here I think. We could have a whole debate on student loans and grants.我认为你在此引发了一个极为棘手的全新问题，我们可能会就学生贷款和助学金展开一次大辩论。柯林斯高阶Corruption is a serious problem, but nobody has yet been willing to open up that can of worms.腐败是很严重的问题，但还没人愿意触及这个问题。剑桥国际Mixing his metaphors, he described the problem by saying “We've opened up a can of worms here, and now we have to get the genie back in the bottle”.他用混杂的比喻来描述那个问题:“我们在这儿打开了一罐虫子，而现在我们不得不把这妖怪放回瓶子中。”剑桥国际 |
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