Stare in the face 顯而易見
Reptiles such as crocodiles, iguanas and turtles have changed very little since they shared the Earth with dinosaurs
今日小常識
The leatherback is the world's biggest turtle and listed as 'Critically Endangered', largely because of the turtles being snared in fishing gear and the poaching of their eggs. Typically between one and two metres long, the animals weigh up to three-quarters of a tonne and can swim across entire oceans.
棱皮龜是龜鱉目中體型最大者,現(xiàn)在被列為“極度瀕?!眲?dòng)物。造成此狀況的原因很大成度上是由于棱皮龜會被人類的捕魚設(shè)備套住致死,外加烏龜?shù)耙渤1煌但C 。棱皮龜體長一至兩米,體重能達(dá)到四分之三噸。它們能游過整個(gè)海洋。
今日短語
當(dāng)某人或某事 stare you in the face 的時(shí)候,比喻什么事情很明顯,就在眼前。
例句
The detective realised soon that the solution to his case had been staring him in the face all along: the murderer was the butler!
If we stay calm in a crisis we might find out that the way out of it is staring us in the face.
請注意
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。
例句
I'm a very persistent person and, even if they keep staring me down, I’ll never give up on joining their posh country club!