Make bricks without straw
大学 College作无米之炊
📖 牛津释义
make bricks without straw
try to work without adequate material, money, information, etc 要工作却无充分物力、财力、资料等; 作无米之炊.
🧩 词语组成解析
make
[mek]
vt. 做，制造;生产，制定;使成为;使产生;
vi. 开始;尝试;行进;增大;
n. 制造;生产量;性格;形状，样式;
n. 砖( brick的复数形式 ); 砖块; 积木; 可靠的朋友
without
[wɪ'θaʊt]
adv. 在外部;户外;缺少;没有或不显示某事物;
prep. 没有，缺乏;在外面;
conj. 除非，如果不;
straw
[strɔ:]
n. 稻草;麦秆;吸管;毫无价值的东西;
adj. 稻草的，麦秆的;稻草[麦秆]做的;假的，假想的;无价值的;
🗣️ 情景例句
It's five years ago.
那是五年前了。
Just the other way round.
正相反。
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.
他花了不少时间把长长的橡胶管接到铺设在码头周围的空气供应管上，最后他终于把它们连接起来，工作因而进展得更快。