短语 | thumbs up (或down) |
释义 | thumbs up (或down) informal an indication of satisfaction or approval (or of rejection or failure) 〈非正式〉赞同; 赞赏, 满意(或否定、排斥、反对、拒绝、抛弃): plans to build a house on the site have been given the thumbs down by the Department of the Environment. 环境部反对在这个地方建房的计划。 [ORIGIN: with reference to the signal of approval or disapproval, used by spectators at a Roman amphitheatre; the sense has been reversed, as the Romans used 'thumbs down' to signify that a beaten gladiator had performed well and should be spared, and 'thumbs up' to call for his death.] |
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