Stare in the face 就在眼前
Ernie 'Turtleman' Brown holds a turtle he pulled from a pond in Lebanon. He is well-known for helping people rid their property of animals they consider a nuisance. Photo: Dylan Lovan
Stare in the face 就在眼前
當(dāng)某人或某事 stares you in the face 的時(shí)候，這個(gè)形容比喻什么事情很明顯，就在眼前。
今日小常識(shí)
The leatherback is the world's biggest turtle and listed as 'Critically Endangered', largely because of poaching for eggs and snaring in fishing gear. Typically between one and two metres long, the animals weigh up to three-quarters of a tonne and can swim across entire oceans.
棱皮龜是世界上最大的烏龜，現(xiàn)在被列為瀕危動(dòng)物，這個(gè)情況很大成度上是因?yàn)闉觚數(shù)氨煌当I和它們常被人類的捕魚設(shè)備套住致死。通常棱皮龜體長(zhǎng)一至兩米，體重能達(dá)到四分之三噸。它們能游過整個(gè)海洋。
例句
The detective realised soon that he had been staring the solution to the crime in the face all along: the murderer was the butler!
If we calm down in a crisis we might find out that the way out of it is staring us in the face.
請(qǐng)注意
另一個(gè)短語 stare someone down 的意思是施加壓力，讓他人讓步或投降。
I'm a very persistent person and no amount of staring down will make me give up on joining the posh country club!
