★英語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力頻道為大家整理的BBC今日短語(yǔ):顯而易見(jiàn) Stare in the face。更多閱讀請(qǐng)查看本站英語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力頻道。
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今日短語(yǔ)
當(dāng)某人或某事 stare you in the face 的時(shí)候,比喻什么事情很明顯,就在眼前。
例句
The detective realised soon that the solution to his case had been staring him in the face all along: the murderer was the butler!
If we stay calm in a crisis we might find out that the way out of it is staring us in the face.
請(qǐng)注意
另一個(gè)短語(yǔ) stare someone down 的意思是施加壓力,讓他人讓步或投降。
例句
I'm a very persistent person and, even if they keep staring me down, I’ll never give up on joining their posh country club!