pour cold water on
基本解释
- 对……泼冷水,使气馁
英汉例句
- The stock recovered somewhat after several analysts stepped forward to pour cold water on the J. P. Morgan report.
不过,多名分析师对摩根大通的报告给予反驳后,苹果股价略微有所回升。 - Earlier on Wednesday Sports and Culture Minister Giuliano Urbani seemed to pour cold water on the idea of extra handouts for the sport.
文化和体育部长马上也给这个计划泼了冷水,声撑一分多余的钱也不会给。 - Pinocchio had no hat, but he managed to get under the window just in time to feel a shower of ice-cold water pour down on his poor wooden head, his shoulders, and over his whole body.
匹诺曹没有帽子,但他设法走到窗下,正好一大盆冰水泼在了他可怜的木头脑袋、肩膀和全身上。 - Of course, it's easy to pour cold water on some of the assumptions made in Edlund and Korn's mathematical model.
FORBES: The Economics Of Prostitution - "We are delighted that concerns raised by the Center for Security Policy last month seem to have helped to pour cold water on this highly dubious transaction, " says Gaffney.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy Applauds State Department - In deciding to raise short-term interest rates by half a point, to 6.5%, on May 16th, Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, has clearly decided to pour cold water on America's red-hot economy.
ECONOMIST: The return of pricing power