laurel
英 [ˈlɒrəl]
美 [ˈlɔːrəl]
n. 月桂灌木; 月桂树; 荣誉; 赞誉; 荣耀
复数:laurels
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 - 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. - 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.- 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。 - 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。
- The committee's chairman accused NASA of resting on its laurels after making it to the moon...
英英释义
noun
- (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
- 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。