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laurel

英 [ˈlɒrəl]

美 [ˈlɔːrəl]

n.  月桂灌木; 月桂树; 荣誉; 赞誉; 荣耀

复数:laurels 

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Collins.1 / BNC.14374 / COCA.13523

习惯用语

    n.

      look to your laurels
    • 小心翼翼地保持成就(或优势)
      to be careful that you do not lose the success or advantage that you have over other people
    • rest/sit on your laurels
    • 满足于既得成就;不思进取
      to feel so satisfied with what you have already achieved that you do not try to do any more

    牛津词典

      noun

      • 月桂灌木;月桂树
        a bush with dark smooth shiny leaves that remain on the bush and stay green through the year
        1. 荣誉;赞誉;荣耀
          honour and praise given to sb because of sth that they have achieved

          柯林斯词典

          • 月桂(树)
            Alaurelor alaurel treeis a small evergreen tree with shiny leaves. The leaves are sometimes used to make decorations such as wreaths.
            1. PHRASE 不思进取;故步自封
              If someone isresting ontheirlaurels, they appear to be satisfied with the things they have achieved and have stopped putting effort into what they are doing.
              1. The committee's chairman accused NASA of resting on its laurels after making it to the moon...
                委员会主席指责美国国家航空航天局成功登月之后便志得意满,不思进取。
              2. The government can't rest on its laurels and must press ahead with major policy changes.
                政府不能故步自封,必须继续大刀阔斧地推行政策改革。

            英英释义

            noun

            • (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
                Synonym:laurel wreathbay wreath
              1. any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family

                双语例句

                • The committee's chairman accused NASA of resting on its laurels after making it to the moon
                  委员会主席指责美国国家航空航天局成功登月之后便志得意满,不思进取。
                • FOR Chinese writer Mo Yan, the laurel of the Nobel Prize may be literary gold.
                  对中国作家莫言来说,诺贝尔文学奖的桂冠可能是文学金牌。
                • The broad-leaved forest is vast, with well-grown trees. Broadleaf evergreen shrub such as laurel, rhododendron, etc.
                  这片阔叶林面积很大,树木长势很好。阔叶长绿灌木,如月桂、北美杜鹃花等。
                • He has obtained the laurel of the best actor of Oscar for the behavior in this film.
                  他以在此片中的表现获得了奥斯卡最佳男主角的桂冠。
                • He was crowned with laurel.
                  他们把桂冠加在他头上。
                • He turned Daphne into a laurel tree.
                  她的父亲把达芙妮变成了月桂树。
                • The government can't rest on its laurels and must press ahead with major policy changes.
                  政府不能故步自封,必须继续大刀阔斧地推行政策改革。
                • ( in ancient Greece) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory.
                  作为胜利的象征的戴在头上的一月桂树叶的花冠(在古希腊)。
                • A brow encircled with laurel; wreathed in an extraordinary luminescence; ringed round with daisies; smoke-wreathed.
                  额上环绕着桂冠;环绕着特别的光;用雏菊环绕着的;烟雾缭绕。
                • He was wearing a Roman kilt and laurel wreath.
                  他身穿罗马人的褶叠短裙,头戴桂冠。