earful
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- 英式音标 [ˈɪə.fʊl]
- 美式音标 [ˈɪr.fʊl]
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基本解释
- n. 唠叨，斥责；怨言；长时间的数落（或牢骚）；（非正式）（噪音）大量；令人吃惊的回答；听腻了的消息
英汉例句
- AMERICAN voters, spared a serious discussion of the budget in the midterm elections, are about to get an earful on the subject.
美国的选民们中期选举时候在预算问题上进行了激烈的辩论，耳朵都快长茧了。 - "The worst thing is when someone is giving you a real earful and you think 'I'm going to say something I will regret'," he said.
他说：“最糟糕的就是有人非常严厉地斥责你或向你抱怨时，你觉得‘我可能会说出一些让自己后悔的话’。” - Either way, he's sure to get an earful about it on Thursday, when he makes an overnight trip to Silicon Valley to meet with tech industry CEOs and try to sell them on his budget.
不过不管怎样，奥巴马上上周四连夜赶往硅谷，与科技界的首席执行官们会面，向他们兜售自己的预算方案，当时他肯定会听到一大堆有关免税的说词。 - And they have been getting an earful from crowds for and against the plan.
- They gave a group of internet CEOs an earful about their companies' business with China.
NPR: Rice Faces Senate Questions on Middle East - Lawmakers home for August are getting an earful from constituents about the still-shaky recovery.
FORBES: A Grim Prognosis For Deficit Reduction - But did you get an earful from other leaders here on the Fed decision?
WHITEHOUSE: G20 Summit Presidential Press Conference
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英英字典
- to complain angrily to someone
- If you say that you got an earful, you mean that someone spoke angrily to you for a long time.