委内瑞拉 (委內瑞拉)
Wěi nèi ruì lā
Pinyin
Definition
委内瑞拉 (委內瑞拉)
-
- Venezuela
Character Decomposition
Idioms (9)
拉大旗作虎皮
- 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
- 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
- 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
拉家带口
- 1 to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
- 2 tied down by family obligations
东拉西扯
- 1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
生拉活扯
- 1 to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
老鼠拉龟,无从下手
- 1 like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
- 2 no clue where to start
Sample Sentences
古巴、巴西以及我国的雷达最新监控显示,法国的核潜艇于昨日凌晨突然在其活动海域消失。我们分析法国是想掠夺南美,特别是委内瑞拉的石油资源。我国已经进入一级战备状态,请求各盟国军事支援。
Our latest radar reports, plus reports from Cuba and Brazil, indicate that a French nuclear submarine suddenly disappeared from its area of activity in the early morning yesterday. Our analysis indicates that France wants to seize South America, especially Venezuela's oil resources. We're already on Level I alert, and we've requested military support from all our allies.
你算了吧!联合国都没吱声,你一个小小的委内瑞拉叫嚣什么啊!况且你离南极还有十万八千里呢!
Forget it! The UN hasn't said a thing. What are you, little old Venezuela, making such a fuss about? And anyway, you're nine thousand kilometers from the South Pole!