| 词汇 | a rough/easy ride |
| 释义 | a rough/easy ridea rough/easy ride informalUNPLEASANT if people give someone, especially someone in authority, a rough or an easy ride, they make a situation difficult or easy for them 〔让某人，尤指掌权者〕不好过/好过 Journalists gave the prime minister a rough ride at the press conference. 记者在新闻发布会上让首相很难堪。 The chairman will face a rough ride from shareholders. 董事长将面临股东们的发难。 The president will not have an easy ride when he gives his account of events. 总统自己来说这些事情会很难堪。 Examples from the Corpus a rough/easy ride• Well, it's turned out not so badly, he thought, although it's been a rough ride.• He cheered Tory backbenchers, but they predicted that the Chancellor could also face a rough ride unless the plan works.• But history says Bill Clinton may be in for a rough ride.• Any member on a committee to which Karl Barth belonged had a rough ride.• Even after the Renaissance and the rebirth of learning had reached these shores ears were still having a rough ride. → a rough/easy ride at ride2(1) |
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