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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

caviar to the multitude
  1. 1. 曲高和寡的东西;过于高雅、不投俗好的逸品,阳春白雪(出自莎士比亚《哈姆雷特》)

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caviar and other delicacies
鱼子酱和其他佳肴
My cat only eats expensive caviar.
我的猫只吃昂贵的鱼子酱。
Much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran.
世界上现存的多数白鲸鱼子酱在苏联和伊朗。
Salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar.
鲑鱼卵被作为鱼子酱的类似产品推向市场。
Some institutions are going to launch a new scheme to encourage more youngsters from poorer backgrounds to go on to college.
一些机构准备计划一个新项目,以此鼓励更多来自贫困家庭的年轻人进大学深造。
to come to a head/to be brought to a head
[situation+] 到了紧要关头
to tear sth to pieces {or} to bits {or} to shreds
[+paper,letter,clothes] 把某物撕成片{或}小块{或}条
He became a missionary to China in 1846, where he worked himself literally to death to convert the population to Christianity.
他成为一位传教士,在1846年去了中国,为了使那里人们皈依基督教,他在那里传道,直至生命的尽头。
We decided to go round the sun to meet to moon in order to see the city.
我们决定绕个大弯,看一下这个城市。
Bullies feel the need to be popular, to fit in, and often go to extremes to do that.
欺凌弱小者觉得有必要变得受欢迎,与人相处融洽,却往往为此而走向极端。

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