英语单词“stare down the barrel of something”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 stare down the barrel of something 释义

stare down the barrel ofsomething

idiom(alsolook down the barrel of sth)to have aweaponaimeddirectlyat you:Heopenedthedoorandfoundhimselfstaringdown thebarrelofagun.He got out of thecar,lookeddown thebarrelof ariflepointingin hisface, and told thegunmantocalmdown.to befacingasituationthat isunpleasantordangerous:ThePresidentisunlikelytoactuntil he'sstaringdown thebarrelofagun.Variouscountriesarestaringdown thebarrelofrecession.Theteamislookingdown thebarreloftheirseventhstraightdefeat.In the past she had oftenstareddown thebarrelofdepression.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Dangers and threats

• balefully
• baneful
• black spot
• brinkmanship
• hang oversomething
• hazard
• hazardous
• hazmat
• hazmat suit
• on/under pain of deathidiom
• or elseidiom
• parlous
• peril
• perilous
• precipice
• someone'sbark isworsethanhis/herbiteidiom
• tombstoning
• triple threat
• ultra-hazardous
• venturesome

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