slap on the wrist

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈslæp ɒn ðə ˈɹɪst/    美 /ˈslæp ɑn ðə ˈɹɪst/|/ˈslæp ɔʊn ðə ˈɹɪst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of wrist-slap.
    — He got a slap on the wrist, but I don't think he'll reform.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap, wrist.
动词 v.
  1. Synonym of wrist-slap.
    — Gorbachev played a skillful diplomatic game in Asia. While enhancing Soviet relations with South Korea—moving from no ties to full diplomatic relations in only three years— he continued to back North Korea, though slapping its leader on the wrist for its nuclear program. While Soviet trade with South Korea will rise from $85 million in 1985 to an estimated $1 billion in 1995, Moscow continued to provide $1 billion in aid to North Korea and to equip the 1.1 million troops in its armed forces with Soviet weapons.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap, wrist.

词形变化

slaps on the wrist present,singular,third-person slapping on the wrist participle,present slapped on the wrist participle,past slapped on the wrist past slaps on the wrist plural slaps on wrists plural
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