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【英语成语】spread like wildfire

时间:2017/3/15 来源:Twin 浏览次数:3130

  成语:spread like wildfire

  释义:   

  If information spreads like wildfire, a lot of people hear about it in a short period of time.   

  Spread意思是“扩散”,like wildfire表示“像野火一样”,spread like wildfire意思是“不胫而走,像燎原的火一样(迅速)蔓延”。         

  例句:   

  The news of the assassination of President Lincoln spread like wildfire.
  林肯总统遭到暗杀的消息不胫而走。      

  The rumor spread like wildfire and cost me a lot of votes.
  谣言像野火一样蔓延,让我失去了不少选票。  

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