a round peg in a square hole
n.不适宜担当某职的人
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a round peg in a square hole为短语/超纲词汇
1. Even a telescope in orbit round the earth, like the very successful Hubble telescope, would not be suitable because of the dust particles in our solar system. 即使是一台放置在围绕地球的轨道上的望远镜--如非常成功的哈勃望远镜--也因为太阳系中的尘埃微粒而无法胜任。
2. Eliza, John and Georgiana were gathered round their mother in the sitting-room. 起居室里伊丽莎、约翰、乔治安娜簇拥在他们母亲的周围,
3. Each time you go to a job interview and give them your best and they hire someone else, you go another round with yourself and your self-worth. 每次去求职面试,你都把你主要的优点陈述给他们听,可他们雇佣的却总是别人。你只好带着你自己和你的自尊开始另一轮的求职。
4. Behind me someone switched on a light, and I could see his thick silvery hair and strong, square jaw. 我身后有人打开了灯,我看到了他浓密的银发,还有方正有力的下巴。
5. We want it to stay down the hole until we can lead it off in a controlled manner. 我们要让石油留在井下,直到我们能用一种有控制的方法把它引上来为止。
6. It would be more like that of a bluebottle buzzing round the room; 那就像一只嗡嗡叫的绿头苍蝇在屋内飞行的轨迹,
7. We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine. 我们想念迟早会飞起一个石块把油箱砸开一个窟窿,或者把发动机砸坏。
8. When the news got round that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it. 当"皮尤"鸟食公司将在我们当地影院演出喜剧节目的消息传开后,我们都赶紧跑去观看。
9. When that side of the moon on which the sun is shining is facing us, we see a round shining circle — a full moon. 当月亮接受阳光照射的一面面向我们时,我们看到的是个发亮的圆盘——满月。
10. While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs 任凭疯狂的饿犬在身旁吠叫
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