词汇 | asleep at the wheel/switch |
释义 | asleep at the wheel/switchasleep at the wheel/switch not paying attention to a situation, so that something bad happens 漫不经心的〔以至不好的事发生〕 Several publishers were asleep at the switch, and missed the book’s potential. 几家出版商掉以轻心,没看到这本书的潜力。 Examples from the Corpus asleep at the wheel/switch• One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel. → asleep at the wheel/switch at asleep(3) |
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