banana skin 英 [bəˈnɑ:nə skin]   美 [bəˈnænə skɪn]

banana skin

banana skin  英 [bəˈnɑ:nə skin] 美 [bəˈnænə skɪn]

phrase. 香蕉皮;尴尬事 

名词复数:banana skins 

As a result, they had to depend on their own initiative to get things right, and one team member in particular could virtually be relied upon to step on the proverbial banana skin. 结果是,他们只能依靠他们自己创意来把事情做对,而且每一个成员能够依靠的 东西不但微乎其微,甚至还如同踩在香蕉皮上那样,根本不知着落在哪里。
I jumped offthe bike and ran back to pick up the banana skin and threw it into a roadside dustbin. 我跳下自行车,跑回去拾起香蕉皮,并扔到了路边的垃圾箱里。

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  • phrase. 香蕉皮;尴尬事
  • 1. As a result, they had to depend on their own initiative to get things right, and one team member in particular could virtually be relied upon to step on the proverbial banana skin.

    结果是,他们只能依靠他们自己创意来把事情做对,而且每一个成员能够依靠的 东西不但微乎其微,甚至还如同踩在香蕉皮上那样,根本不知着落在哪里。

  • 2. I jumped offthe bike and ran back to pick up the banana skin and threw it into a roadside dustbin.

    我跳下自行车,跑回去拾起香蕉皮,并扔到了路边的垃圾箱里。

  • 3. We've just played the toughest team in Group C, a team who got to the final of the Confederations Cup, and were a right banana skin.

    我们刚和C组里最厉害的球队踢过球,一个能进入联合会杯决赛的球队,这可真是件麻烦事。

baˈnana skin / ; NAmE / noun ( BrE) ( informal) something that could cause difficulty or embarrassment, especially to sb in a public position 造成麻烦(或使人当众出丑)的事物 baˈnana skin / ; NAmE /
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