单词 | the wheels of something |
释义 | the wheels of somethingthe wheels of something the way in which a complicated organization, system etc works 〔复杂的机构、体系等的〕运作方式 We hope that the next government will do more to keep the wheels of industry turning (=help it to work smoothly and easily). 我们希望下届政府作出更多努力,让工业顺利发展。 oil/grease the wheels (of something) (=help something to work more smoothly and easily) 使(某事)顺利发展 The money people spend at Christmas oils the wheels of the economy. 人们在圣诞节所花的钱推动经济发展。 Examples from the Corpus the wheels of something• Meanwhile, the police had found the abandoned car, and the wheels of the law began to turn.• Isobel had heard the wheels of his car on the gravel.• Christmas cash keeps the wheels of the economy oiled.• Its fans hung stalled above them like the wheels of an extinct machine.• Faster and faster spun the wheels of light, and the throbbing of the drums accelerated with them.• This signal triggered the wheels of the mobot and propelled it to right in front of the can.• Almost shoulder to shoulder they were lined along the road, hurling gravel non-stop under the wheels of the passing trucks. → the wheels of something at wheel1(1) |
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