单词 | to pour oil on troubled waters |
释义 | 12.to pour oil on troubled waters平息风波;调停争端 Dad mediated between us all, pouring oil on troubled waters.爸爸在我们中间调停, 想要平息风波。 13.to strike oil (by drilling)钻探到石油 Last summer, Northern Petroleum struck oil near Winchester.去年夏天, 北方石油公司在温彻斯特附近钻探到了石油。 <非正式>(be successful)发大财;大获成功;飞黄腾达 We've really struck oil with this new deal.这笔新交易真是让我们发了大财。 See oil |
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