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表達(dá) “put something on ice(把某個(gè)事物放在冰上)” 的實(shí)際意思是 “推遲,擱置某件事情”。它通常被用來談?wù)撘淮谓灰谆蛞豁?xiàng)計(jì)劃 “暫緩”。如果將這個(gè)表達(dá)中的動(dòng)詞 “put” 換成 “keep”,即 “keep something on ice”,意思就是 “持續(xù)擱置某件事情”。
例句
Due to the latest financial reports released by the company, the merger with their closest rival has been put on ice.
由于這家公司發(fā)表了最新的財(cái)務(wù)報(bào)告,與其最主要的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手的合并計(jì)劃已被擱置。
It’s a great idea, but we’ll have to put it on ice for a while due to budgetary constraints.
這個(gè)想法很不錯(cuò),但由于預(yù)算有限,我們不得不把它擱置一段時(shí)間。
We need to keep the plan for the office expansion on ice for now while we wait for the architect to come back with her new design.
我們需要暫時(shí)擱置擴(kuò)建辦公室的計(jì)劃,等待建筑師提出她的新設(shè)計(jì)方案。