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单词 curate's egg
释义

curate's egg

noun
Brit. a thing that is partly good and partly bad
〈英〉好坏参半的东西:

this book is a bit of a curate's egg.

这本书有点良莠参半。

词源
early 20th cent.: from a cartoon in Punch (1895) depicting a meek curate who, given a stale egg at the bishop's table, assures his host that 'parts of it are excellent'.
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