An elephant: A mouse built to government specifications.
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n. 政府;政体;治理的形式;管辖,治理;
💡 govern统治+ment表名词 →政府
"the government's abandonment of its new economic policy"
政府对新经济政策的放弃
近义:ruling, control, rule, state, governing, governmental
反义:mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, disorderliness, anarchy, lawlessness
n. 象,大象;
💡 大象尾巴上有蚂蚁(ant)
"The new office block has become an expensive white elephant."
这座新办公大楼成了昂贵的摆设。
近义:jumbo
n. 老鼠;鼠标;羞怯[胆小]的人;[非正式用语] 眼部青肿;
vi. 捕鼠;窥探,偷偷地寻找;
💡 某(mou)种颜色(se)的 老鼠 “猫死”(谐音)猫死了自然有了 鼠
"Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse"
沃尔特∙迪斯尼—米老鼠的创作者