a pinch of salt
基本解釋
- 鹽少許;一撮鹽
英漢例句
- I hate measuring, and I say things like: a pinch of salt, a handful of flour, some of this and a splosh of that.
我討厭測(cè)量食物,而且我常常這樣說(shuō):一小撮鹽,一把面粉,一些這個(gè)和一些那個(gè)。 - (Actually the stereotype of really dire poverty is that meal, minus even the onions—“two dry rotis with a pinch of salt” is the North Indian shorthand for being in really dire straits).
(其實(shí),人們對(duì)真正可怕的貧窮的刻板印象是沒(méi)有洋蔥的飯菜——“只有放少許鹽的干面包”是北印度真正窘迫生活的寫照)。 - Estimates by IDC, a market-research firm, need to be taken with a pinch of salt, because they are sponsored by EMC, a maker of storage systems.
在接受由市場(chǎng)研究公司IDC作出的評(píng)估時(shí),人們需留有懷疑,因?yàn)檫@家公司是由存儲(chǔ)系統(tǒng)制造商EMC提供贊助的。 - Given these figures, today's saintly rhetoric needs to be taken with a pinch of salt.
ECONOMIST: Republican fiscal policies - As subsequent events made clear, notably Tiananmen Square, this should have been taken with a pinch of salt.
FORBES: Hillary is Wasting her Time, and America's, on a Fool's Errand - So take the polls with a pinch of salt and a double margarita.
FORBES: Magazine Article
雙語(yǔ)例句
權(quán)威例句
詞組短語(yǔ)
- Put a pinch of salt 放少許鹽
- Add a pinch of salt 加鹽少許
- with a pinch of salt 有保留地;不全信地