Snow job
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📖 牛津释义
snow job
(infml 口 esp US), attempt at deception or persuasion by elaborate, often insincere, talk 花言巧语的欺骗或劝说
They're claiming that he's not guilty but that's just a snow job. 他们声称他无罪, 那只不过是遮人耳目而已.
🧩 词语组成解析
snow
[sno]
n. 雪，雪花;积雪;雪季;
vt. 使纷纷落下;使变白;下雪;被雪覆盖，被雪阻挡;
vi. 降雪;
job
[dʒɒb]
n. （一件）工作;职责;职业;（作为一个单元处理的）作业;
vt. 承包;代客买卖;
vi. 做零工;作包工;打杂;
🗣️ 情景例句
The mailman just dropped some mail in our box, Grandpa.
邮差刚刚塞进一些信件在我们的信箱， 爷爷。
One cannot make bricks without straw.
巧妇难为无米之炊。
Indeed, we lack practice and experience nowadays in dealing with primitive conditions.
确实，我们今天缺乏对付原始环境的实践和经验。