curate1
noun/ˈkjʊərət/
/ˈkjʊrət/
Idioms - (in the Anglican Church) an assistant to a vicar (= a priest, who is in charge of the church or churches in a particular area)
Topics Religion and festivalsc2, Jobsc2(某教区的)助理牧师
Idioms
the/a curate’s egg
- (British English) something that has some good parts and some bad ones
好坏兼有之物;瑕瑜互见之物 - Their investment plan shows the familiar curate's egg pattern of some bits doing well and others doing badly.
他们的投资计划显示了人们所熟悉的管理者的鸡蛋模式,即一些部分表现良好,另一些部分表现不佳。
CultureThe phrase comes from a cartoon in the British magazine Punch in 1895, in which a nervous young curate is having breakfast with a bishop. The bishop says 'I'm afraid you've got a bad egg there' and the curate, not wanting to upset the bishop, replies, 'Oh no, my Lord! … Parts of it are excellent!’ - Their investment plan shows the familiar curate's egg pattern of some bits doing well and others doing badly.