“石沉大海”英语怎么说？
<p>今天我们给大家介绍一个地道的英文表达，相当于中文里的“石沉大海”。</p><p><span word="fall">fall</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deaf">deaf</span> <span word="ears">ears</span></p><p>▼ 历史典故</p><p>这个用语据说起源于15世纪，本身不难理解：<span word="fall">fall</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deaf">deaf</span> <span word="ears">ears</span> 表达“(一个声音)落在了聋的耳朵上”，那结果自然是听不到的。有点像中国的谚语“瞎子点灯白费蜡”、“对牛弹琴”，总之，都是做无用功。</p><p>据说这个短语来自《圣经》。《圣经》里面常常把“拒绝聆听”比喻为“耳聋”。还有一个类似的古老说法：<span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="deaf">deaf</span> <span word="ear">ear</span>, 如果你拿聋掉的耳朵来应付某件事情，就表示你选择“听而不闻”、“视而不见”。</p><p>▼ 例句学习</p><p>我们来造几个句子，加深一下大家对这个短语的印象吧。</p><p>1. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="borrow">borrow</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="father">father</span>，<span word="but">but</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="request">request</span> <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="deaf">deaf</span> <span word="ears">ears</span>.</p><p>她跟爸爸借车，但是她的需求没有得到任何回应。</p><p>2. Our application may <span word="fall">fall</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deaf">deaf</span> <span word="ears">ears</span> of the HR.</p><p>我们向人力资源部的申请可能石沉大海了。</p><p>3. <span word="Jenny">Jenny</span>: <span word="These">These</span> <span word="computers">computers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="old">old</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="ones">ones</span>.</p><p>这些电脑好旧，公司应该买新电脑了。</p><p><span word="Ken">Ken</span>： <span word="I">I</span> <span word="agree">agree</span>. <span word="I">I</span>’<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="supervisor">supervisor</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="times">times</span>.</p><p>我同意，我已经跟我的主管说好几次了。</p><p><span word="Jenny">Jenny</span>：<span word="what">what</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="say">say</span>?</p>
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