far cry
英语[编辑]
词源[编辑]
指的是在苏格兰宗族之间互送的使者和传话人。
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- (俗語，常用于短语“a far cry from”) 很大的差距，很大的区别
- Life in the big city was a far cry from his upbringing on a quiet, small farm.
- 大城市里的生活与他在安静的小农场有天壤之别。
- 1951 July, Richard D. Reekie, “Critical Analysis of Recent Advances in Gynecology”, 出自 Northwest Medicine, 卷 50, 期 7, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association，頁號 508:
- The perineometer of Kagele was unheard of and the hormonology of today is a far cry from the rather crude and relatively weak hormones available in the early and mid-thirties.
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- 2019 5月 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, 出自 The A.V. Club[1]:
- Brienne intervenes in the story of Jaime Lannister, adding to his legend with the exploits she believes paint the picture of him that deserves to live on. Her words are a far cry from those Jaime used to describe himself at their last encounter, instead recounting his deeds and ending with the simple, “He died protecting his queen,” a sentence that belies the complicated mix of nobility and tragedy entwined in his actions.
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- 2020 12月 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, 出自 Rail，頁號 65:
- It's a far cry from a previous trip on a Class 150, where the set wheezed and vibrated so much as it staggered up Dainton Bank that I thought it was going to shake itself to bits!
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参考资料[编辑]
- “be a far cry from”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.