词汇 | a millstone round/around somebody's neck |
释义 | a millstone round/around somebody's necka millstone round/around somebody's neck PROBLEMsomething that causes a lot of problems for someone, and that they cannot get rid of 某人的沉重负担[累赘,包袱] Inflation is still a millstone round the neck of British businesses. 通货膨胀依然是英国企业的沉重包袱。 Examples from the Corpus a millstone round/around somebody’s neck• This particular heritage may be a millstone around the neck of scientific natural history. → a millstone round/around somebody’s neck at millstone(1) |
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