英語習(xí)語諺語成語用法精粹 宗教神話類3-25 beat the air

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【字面理解】打空氣

【英文解析】to continue to make futile attempts; to fight to no purpose

【中文解析】白費(fèi)力氣;徒勞

【典型例句】① You are like Don Quixote in your actions. All you are doing is to beat the air. Try to be practical.你的 舉動活像唐吉訶德。你所做的一切都是白費(fèi)力氣。還 是實(shí)際一點(diǎn)吧。

② He is as stubborn as a mule. All those who have tried to persuade him have only been beating the air.他固執(zhí)得 很，所有試圖勸說他的人都在白費(fèi)口舌。

【注釋】源自《圣經(jīng)哥林奉前書》第9章第26節(jié)我不 會漫無邊際地亂跑，也不會毫無目標(biāo)地打拳。” (Well, I do not run aimlessly, I do not box as one beating the air. Corinthians 9:26)變體：beat the wind。