隔岸观火的英文翻译与发音

隔岸观火

[géànguānhuǒ]

to watch the fires burning across the river
to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)

watch [wɔtʃ]

n.注视,注意,手錶,看守,守护,监视,值班人 vt.看,注视,照顾,监视,警戒,守护,看守 vi.观看,注视,守侯 adj.手錶的,挂表的

fires [fɑirs]

火力；名词fire的複数形式

burning [bә:niŋ]

adj.燃烧的,强烈的,极严重的 v.燃烧

across [ә'krɔs]

adv.横过,交叉地,在对面 prep.越过,交叉,在...的那边,在...对面那边

river [rivә(r)]

n.河,江

delay [di'lei]

v.耽搁,延迟,延期,迟滞 n.耽搁,延迟,迟滞

entering ['entəriŋ]

输入，记入，插入；动词enter的现在分词

fray [frei]

n.冲突,打架,争论,(织物等)磨损处 vt.使磨损 vi.被磨损

until [ʌn'til]

prep.到...为止,在...以前 conj.到...为止,在...以前,直到...才

all [ɔ:l]

adj.全部的,所有的,整个的 adv.完全,更加,越发 pron.全部

others

pron 1 people or things that are additional to or different from those already mentioned or implied 其他的、 另外的或别的人或事物: Some people came by car, others came on foot. 有些人是坐汽车来的, 其他人是走着来的. * These shoes don't fit haven't you got any others? 这双鞋不合脚--还有别的鞋吗? * We must help others less fortunate than ourselves. 我们要帮助那些不那麽幸运的人. 2 (used after the or a possess det 用于the或一表示所属关係的限定词之后) the remaining persons or things in a group 其余的或剩下的人或事物: I went swimming while the others played tennis. 我去游泳, 其余的人都打网球去了. * I can't do the fourth and fifth questions but I've done all the others. 第四题和第五题我不会, 但是剩下的我都答了. * She was the only person who replied to the invitation none of the others bothered. 她是唯一对邀请做了回应的人--其余的人谁也没理会

been

vbl.(be)的过去分词,到过,去过,是,有,来过又走了

exhausted [ig'zɔ:stid]

adj.耗尽的,疲惫的

fighting [faitiŋ]

adj.好战的,战斗的

amongst [әmʌŋst]

prep.在...中间,在...之中