![]() Needle in a Haystack——大海撈針 ** extreme difficulty of finding a small, hidden object in a vast and disorganized space; a difficult task that is almost impossible to accomplish ~~ 大海撈針;海裡撈針;海底摸針;海底針;某物極難找到;草堆中尋針;乾草堆裡找針。 ~~ wild goose chase; chasing rainbows; a shot in the dark; a drop in the ocean; a drop in the lake; a crumb in the bakery; mission impossible; fool's errand !! St. Thomas More in 1532 wrote: “To seek out one line in all St. Austin's works were to go look (for) a needle in a meadow.” St. Thomas More 在一五三二年寫道:“在 St. Austin的所有作品中尋找一行字,就好比在草地尋找一枝針。” !! James Calfhill used“a pin's head in a cartload of hay” in 1565. James Calfhill 在一五六五年使用了“一車乾草中的一根針頭”。 !! Miguel de Cervantes (1547 to 1616) wrote in Don Quixote:“As well look for a needle in a bottle (early form of bundle) of hay”.“Haystack” took over “hay” about the middle of the 19th century. Miguel de Cervantes(一五四七—一六一六)在 Don Quixote 中寫道:“不妨在乾草瓶(早期紥的方式)中尋找一根針”。用“haystack(乾草堆)”頂替了“hay(乾草)”大約是十九世紀中期。 >> Finding accurate information in today's flood of social media misinformation can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. 在當今社交媒體錯誤訊息氾濫的環境中, 仍能尋找到準確資訊就像大海撈針。 >> With thousands of resumes flooding every job posting, landing your dream job in this economy is like finding a needle in a haystack. 每個招聘資訊都會收到成千上萬份履歷,在當前的經濟狀況下,找到理想工作就像大海撈針。 學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師 李啟文 教授 |
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