大家好,今天我們分享一個非常有用且地道的表達——spin your wheels, 這個短語的含義不是指「轉動你的輪子」,其正確的含義是:
spin your wheels 浪費時間;原地踏步
If we're just spinning our wheels, let us know and we'll quit.
如果我們只是在浪費時間,請告訴我們,然後我們會放棄的。
If you don't have a career goal you'll just spin your wheels.
如果你沒有一個職業目標,你就是在原地踏步。
We haven't been able to do anything new until more funding comes in, so the project is just spinning its wheels for the moment.
直到新的資金進來之前我們什麼都不能做,所以項目目前只是在原地踏步。
He's not getting anywhere. He's just spinning his wheels.
他沒有任何進步,他只是在原地踏步。
For almost an hour now he had been spinning his wheels, accomplishing nothing.
到現在幾乎一個小時了,他只是在浪費時間,什麼事情也沒有完成。