shellacking

shellacking什么意思,shellacking翻译

基本解释

n.: 虫胶；紫（胶虫）胶；通常用于美式英语
v.: 以虫胶清漆覆盖；用虫胶清漆涂刷；轻易击败
网络: 击溃；惨败；鞭打

权威解释

• 虫胶；紫（胶虫）胶:

  a natural substance used in making varnish to protect surfaces and make them hard

• 以虫胶清漆覆盖；用虫胶清漆涂刷:

  to cover sth with shellac

• 轻易击败:

  to defeat sb very easily

英汉解释

• 〈俚〉惨败,通常用于美式英语

词性分析

• 复数：shellackings

例句

• "Now, for the record, let me say that it feels pretty good to stop at least one shellacking this November. "

  “坦率地讲，这至少使11月的这次惨败带来的郁闷之情一扫而光，感觉棒极了。”

• True, the president conceded that he had received a "shellacking" at the polls, and that "some election nights are more fun than others. "

  的确，总统本人也承认了他已经知道不利于自己的投票结果，“一些选举的夜晚总是比其它平常的晚上更加有趣。”

• More than two months after what he described as his party"s "shellacking" in midterm elections, Mr. Obama didn"t appear to be on defense.

  在被他自己形容为“彻底失败”的中期选举过去两个多月之后，奥巴马看上去并没有处于防守姿态。

• A "shellacking" is an especially bad defeat. And that was how President Obama described the elections on Tuesday.

  shellacking就是非常惨痛的失败，这就是星期二奥巴马总统如何描述选举的。

• A "chastened" Obama promised compromise, but he viewed the "shellacking" as voter impatience with process more than with policy.

  “学乖”了的奥巴马总统承诺会（与共和党）取得妥协，不过他认为此次选举的落败结果并不证明政府政策有误，而是选民对政策结果不满。

• They suffered a shellacking at the hands of a vastly superior opposition.

  敌人占有明显的优势，他们是兵败如山倒。

• To find the answer, look to the recent Olympics shellacking Russia took at the hands of the Canadians in hockey.

  要找到答案，让我们先看看最近那次冬奥会上俄罗斯队惨败于加拿大队的冰球赛。

• After the Democratic "shellacking" in the midterm elections, everyone wondered how President Obama would respond.

  中期选举中民主党被打得“落花流水”后，大家都想知道奥巴马总统会有什么样的反应。

• He added that he was "not recommending to every president that they take a shellacking like I did last night. "

  他补充说，我并不是建议每位美国总统都经历一次我昨晚的惨败。

• Mr Obama"s popularity fell and the Democrats suffered a "shellacking" in the midterm elections.

  奥巴马支持率下降，民主党在中期选举中“一败涂地”。