单词 | 出尔反尔 |
释义 | 文馨英漢☞出爾反爾出尔反尔 chū'ěrfạ̌n'ěr1) shilly-shally2) go back on one's word你怎么能出尔反尔呢? How can you go back on your word?出尔反尔chūěrfǎněrold: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's wordto blow hot and coldto contradict oneselfinconsistent出尔反尔to go back on one's word出尔反尔 chū ěr fǎn ěr (指言行前后矛盾, 反复无常) promise and then deny in succession; be inconsistant in one's words (deeds); chop and change about; contradict oneself (in word and deed); go back on one's word; now yes, now no; renege on one's word; violate the rule of one's own making; welsh on one's promise出尔反尔[chū ěr fǎn ěr]《孟子·梁惠王》:‘出乎尔者,反乎尔者也。’原意是你怎么做,就会得到怎样的后果。今指说了又翻悔或说了不照着做,表示言行前后自相矛盾,反复无常。 Mencius·Duke Hui of Liang:‘You will reap what you have sowed.’It originally meant that one must take the consequences of what one has done. The present-day sense of this idiom is to go back on one's word, fail to do what one has promised, contradict one's word with one's deed, or be inconsistent.出尔反尔vi.backtrack〈主美〉退缩回去;出尔反尔backpedal出尔反尔,缩回phr.back and fill〈美口〉举棋不定;动摇;出尔反尔出尔反尔1. to go back on one's word; to contradict oneself2. now yes, now no出尔反尔go back on one's word; contradict oneself♦ 你怎么说话不算数, ~ ? Why do you go back on your word? Doesn't what you promised still count? |
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