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词典释义:
jam tomorrow
时间: 2024-04-21 20:40:24
英 [dʒam təˈmɒrəʊ]
美 [dʒæm təˈmɔroʊ]

可望而不可即的美好未来, 许而不予的好东西

双语例句
  • They refused to settle for a promise of jam tomorrow.

    他们并不满足于那些美好未来的空话。

  • Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday-but never jam today.

    明天有果酱,昨天有果酱,就是今天没有果酱。

  • Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday — But never jam today.

    明日有果酱,昨日有果酱——但是今日没有果酱。

  • Please take care of today, but than, it is jam tomorrow.

    请善待今天,否则就会明日果酱。

  • We hope the car he promised to buy is not a jam tomorrow.

    明天我希望他答应买的车不是一瓶果酱。

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释义

Brit. a pleasant thing which is often promised but rarely materializes

〈英〉允诺而做不到的好事;可望而不可即的事物

  • a promise of jam tomorrow wasn't enough to satisfy them.

    口惠而实不至的诺言难以令他们满意。[ORIGIN phrase from Lewis Carroll's

  • Through the Looking Glass (1871).

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