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英语单词 derail
英美音标 英 [dɪ'reɪl] 美 [dɪ'reɪl]
中文释义 vt.使出轨;阻碍;扰乱
vi.出轨
英语例句 (1) But too much devoted too early to any one technology could yield the wrong fix and derail momentum toward a sustainable agenda for decarbonization.
(2) The move could derail Chrysler's plans for a swift exit from bankruptcy proceedings.T L reports.
(3) The market's job is to derail the systems traders.
(4) An open switch will derail a train.
中文例句 (1) 但是过早投入过多精力在任何一项技术上,未必能找出适合的解决之道,反而可能阻碍脱碳议题的持续推展。
(2) 这一决定大大阻碍了克莱斯勒走出破产保护程序的步伐。
(3) 市场工作就是让系统交易者出轨。
(4) 转辙器打开会使火车出轨。
vocabulary简明 When a train or a subway derails, its wheels accidentally leave the tracks. Train cars that derail can cause the cars behind them to crash.
vocabulary扩展 Mistakes by engineers or flaws in the track can derail a train or trolley, sending it off the rails and sometimes injuring the passengers. You can also use the verb derail figuratively, to mean "hinder someone" or "divert a process from going in its intended direction." For example, terrorists might derail ongoing peace talks by blowing up a bus. The word comes from the French dérailler, "go off the rails."
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]阻挠;使离开正常进程 To derail something such as a plan or a series of negotiations means to prevent it from continuing as planned.
  [V n]
  [JOURNALISM 新闻]
  • The present wave of political killings is the work of people trying to derail peace talks.

    当前的这一系列政治谋杀乃是那些想阻挠和平谈判的人所为。

2
[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)(火车)出轨;(使)脱轨 If a train is derailed or if it derails, it comes off the track on which it is running.
  [be V-ed]
  [V]
  [Also V n]
  • Several people were injured today when a train was derailed...

    今天有数人在一列火车出轨时受了伤。

  • No-one knows why the train derailed.

    没人知道火车为什么会脱轨。

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