- 简明
- 柯林斯
- 牛津
gravy train
- 英 [ˈɡreivi trein]
- 美 [ˈɡrevi tren]
释义
- n.轻易发大财的工作; 美差; 肥缺
词态变化
- 复数: gravy trains;
实用场景例句
- 全部
- 美差
We were disgusted when bosses awarded themselves a massive pay rise. How can they get on the gravy train, but ask us to take a wage freeze?
看到老板为自己大幅加薪,我们感到十分气愤。他们凭什么轻轻松松捞油水却要求我们不涨工资?
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Banking and financial services produce very high earnings, and a lot of people are trying to get onto the gravy train.
银行和金融服务行业收入很高, 很多人都想得到这种美差.
《简明英汉词典》
Many government officials in America are on the gravy train.
美国政府很多官员工作清闲却薪水很高.
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I wouldn't like loafing. I don't want to ride the gravy train.
我不喜欢游手好闲, 不想过奢侈的生活.
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Many teenage girls thought selling betel nuts a gravy train.
许多少女认为卖槟榔是一项薪水高、工作轻松的职业.
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Bob has been on the gravy train ever since landing a job with the government.
鲍勃自从在政府部门找到工作以来,一直干着轻松的活儿.
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For her, the advertising business is a real gravy train.
对她来说, 广告业可真是个美差.
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The gravy train is just not for me.
这种油水足的美差压根儿轮不到我.
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He'll never leave his job. It's a real gravy train.
他是绝对不会辞职的, 那可是个肥缺.
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A: John seems to be on the gravy train these days.
约翰最近看起来很走运.
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And so Congress is quite happy to keep this gravy train going.
因此国会也乐于不断从中大捞一把.
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A: This company is not a gravy train.
在这个公司工作可不是件轻松的事情.
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Eddie's job at the golf club as social director has gravy train.
埃迪高尔夫球俱乐部担任公关主任的工作,薪水既丰厚又轻松.
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It is worth investing all one's money in property, if only get on the gravy train.
只要能赚大钱,把所有的钱都投资于房地产也是值得的.
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Their gravy train ended when the government stopped funding the research project.
当政府停止资助他们的研究计划时,他们的肥缺就丢了.
辞典例句
He is crazy, and always wants to ride a gravy train.
他着魔了, 总想找不费劲能赚大钱的机会.
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A: George realized the gravy train was over when he got fired.
乔治到被解雇时才明白,这下他的财源断了.
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They were sitting on the gravy train too, enjoying the views from the observation car.
因为股东们也在这趟“发财列车”上, 从游览车厢里观赏景色.
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If I had a million dollars, I could ride the gravy train.
如果我有100万元钱, 我就能过上奢侈豪华的生活.
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It was a gravy train while it lasted, but it was unsustainable.
现在他们还能趁机捞一把, 但这将不会长久了.
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All this has reinforced the idea that banking is simply gravy train for employees.
所有这一切都强化了银行只不过是为雇员提供肥缺的想法.
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We were disgusted when bosses awarded themselves a massive pay rise. How can they get on the gravy train, but ask us to take a wage freeze?
看到老板为自己大幅加薪,我们感到十分气愤。他们凭什么轻轻松松捞油水却要求我们不涨工资?
柯林斯例句
收起实用场景例句英英释义
Noun
1. income obtained with a minimum of effort
收起英英释义
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