英语单词短语词组“an elephant in the room”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

an elephant in the room

idiominformal

If you say there is anelephantin theroom, youmeanthat there is anobviousproblemordifficultsituationthatpeopledo notwanttotalkabout.

（人们不愿提及的）棘手问题

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences

a hard/tough row to hoeidiom
a rough rideidiom
abyss
adversity
atyourworstidiom
Augean
bad hair day
emergence
epidemic
genie
hardness
have a bumpy rideidiom
havesomeoneover a barrelidiom
rabbit hole
reversal
rigour
rollercoaster
the Augean Stablesidiom
the hard wayidiom
vortex

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(Definition ofan elephant in the roomfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

the elephant in the room| American Dictionary

the elephant in the room

idiom

anobviousproblemthat no onewantstodiscuss:

I don'twanttoaskthequestion, but it is thebigelephant in theroom.

(Definition ofthe elephant in the roomfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofan elephant in the room

an elephant in the room

Theelephantintheroomno one wanted to see was money.

From theCambridge English Corpus

Throughout our deliberations,theelephantintheroomwas the 60,000 pensioners who had lost all or part of their pension.

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The metaphor has been mixed, on occasion, with the metaphor oftheelephantintheroom.

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Wikipedia

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The sad elephant, sometimes also calledtheelephantintheroom, is a large elephant with a tear dropping from its eye.

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The anchor responded that the caller had pointed outtheelephantintheroomthat, until then, the media was hesitant to suggest.

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The truth then becomestheelephantintheroom; no matter how obvious it is, the people most affected pretend to others and to themselves that it is not so.

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单词	an elephant in the room
释义	an elephant in the room idiominformal If you say there is anelephantin theroom, youmeanthat there is anobviousproblemordifficultsituationthatpeopledo notwanttotalkabout. （人们不愿提及的）棘手问题 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences a hard/tough row to hoeidiom a rough rideidiom abyss adversity atyourworstidiom Augean bad hair day emergence epidemic genie hardness have a bumpy rideidiom havesomeoneover a barrelidiom rabbit hole reversal rigour rollercoaster the Augean Stablesidiom the hard wayidiom vortex See more results » (Definition ofan elephant in the roomfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) the elephant in the room\| American Dictionary the elephant in the room idiom anobviousproblemthat no onewantstodiscuss: I don'twanttoaskthequestion, but it is thebigelephant in theroom. (Definition ofthe elephant in the roomfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press) Examplesofan elephant in the room an elephant in the room Theelephantintheroomno one wanted to see was money. From theCambridge English Corpus Throughout our deliberations,theelephantintheroomwas the 60,000 pensioners who had lost all or part of their pension. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The metaphor has been mixed, on occasion, with the metaphor oftheelephantintheroom. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The sad elephant, sometimes also calledtheelephantintheroom, is a large elephant with a tear dropping from its eye. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The anchor responded that the caller had pointed outtheelephantintheroomthat, until then, the media was hesitant to suggest. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The truth then becomestheelephantintheroom; no matter how obvious it is, the people most affected pretend to others and to themselves that it is not so. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/elephant-in-the-room##
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