Make bricks without straw
大学 College作无米之炊
📖 牛津释义
make bricks without straw
try to work without adequate material, money, information, etc 要工作却无充分物力、财力、资料等; 作无米之炊.
🧩 词语组成解析
make
[mek]
vt. 做，制造;生产，制定;使成为;使产生;
vi. 开始;尝试;行进;增大;
n. 制造;生产量;性格;形状，样式;
n. 砖( brick的复数形式 ); 砖块; 积木; 可靠的朋友
without
[wɪ'θaʊt]
adv. 在外部;户外;缺少;没有或不显示某事物;
prep. 没有，缺乏;在外面;
conj. 除非，如果不;
straw
[strɔ:]
n. 稻草;麦秆;吸管;毫无价值的东西;
adj. 稻草的，麦秆的;稻草[麦秆]做的;假的，假想的;无价值的;
🗣️ 情景例句
We need a stable political environment in which to develop our economy.
我们需要一个稳定政治环境来发展经济。
They had to cut down a lot of trees to make room for farms.
他们为了为农场增加空间不得不砍倒很多树。
The parquet floors shone like mirrors; highly polished silver was displayed in gleaming glass cabinets; even my uncle's huge collection of books was kept miraculously free from dust.
镶木地板洁如明镜，擦得发亮的银器陈列在明亮的玻璃柜里，连姑夫的大量藏书也保存得很好，奇迹般地一尘不染。