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pooh-bah是什么意思

pooh-bah

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英文词源

pooh-bah (n.): "leader who maintains excessive bureaucratic control," 1888, from Pooh-Bah, the name of the "Lord High Everything Else" character in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" (1885).

双语例句

1. In the past he has pooh-poohed suggestions that he might succeed Isaacs.: 过去他对自己会接替艾萨克斯之说嗤之以鼻。

2. " Pooh!'Ways and means '?: “ 对付的方法? 什么!

3. We could not pooh - pooh these things - they had an evil look.: 我们对这类事情可不能大意--看样子是有点儿跷蹊.

4. Pooh! This meat is rotten.: 嗳呀! 这肉臭啦.

5. They pooh - poohed our scheme for raising money.: 他们对我们的筹款方案嗤之以鼻.