用中文说: "Blind eye"

TY China Plus Published: 2017-08-23 09:53:27
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用中文说: "Blind eye"

Blind eye

【中文】视而不见,姑息,假装看不见

    Shì'érbùjiàn, gūxí, jiǎzhuāng kàn bùjiàn

【解释】To "turn a blind eye" to something means to pretend not to have noticed it.

【例句】

- Some parents turn a blind eye to the minors' small mistakes. However this lack of discipline can lead to big problems when they grow up.

 有些父母对小孩犯的小错视而不见,但这一做法会让孩子们长大后遇到麻烦。

 Yǒuxiē fùmǔ duì xiǎohái fàn de xiǎocuò shì'érbùjiàn, dàn zhè yī zuòfǎ huì ràng háizimen zhǎng dà hòu yù dào máfan.

- People complain that our boss is not being flexible enough about the misuse of small cash. But I understand. If we turn a blind eye to small embezzlement, it will grow into bigger corruption.

 有人抱怨老板在小额现金的使用上不够灵活,但我理解他,如果姑息小贪,他们就会变成大贪。

 Yǒurén bàoyuàn lǎobǎn zài xiǎo é xiànjīn de shǐyòng shàng bùgòu línghuó, dàn wǒ lǐjiě tā, rúguǒ gūxí xiǎo tān, tāmen jiù huì biàn chéng dà tān.

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