习语主题: 动物

the elephant in the room

/ði ˌelɪfənt ɪn ðə ˈruːm/INFORMAL · C1

中文对应

没有直接对应的说法

字面意思: «房间里的大象»

含义

an obvious problem that everyone avoids discussing

人人回避的明显问题.

例句

1Nobody mentioned the missing savings, but they were the elephant in the room.
2At dinner, our unfinished argument was still the elephant in the room.
3The budget shortfall remained the elephant in the room; every speaker carefully avoided mentioning it.
4Everyone knew the roof leaked, yet at the residents' meeting it was the elephant in the room.
5Their cancelled wedding was the elephant in the room as the family chatted awkwardly about the weather.

语法

the elephant in the room 作为一个名词短语整体使用。引出某个问题时也说 An elephant in the room。

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