作壁上觀的英文怎么說
2012-07-12 02:42
作壁上觀的英文:
[Literal Meaning]
sit/rampart/on/watch
to stand on ramparts and watch the fight
[解釋]
壁:壁壘。原指雙方交戰(zhàn),自己站在壁壘上旁觀。后多比喻站在一旁看著,不動手幫助。
[Explanation]
to look on and not to offer any help
[例子]
看到有人掉到河里了,路人只是作壁上觀,沒有人過來幫助。
[Example]
Seeing someone fell into the river, the on-lookers were just looking on and nobody came to help.
[英文等價詞]
be an onlooker