from pillar to post如何读

英：[frɔm ˈpilə tu: pəust]

美：[frʌm ˈpɪlɚ tu post]

from pillar to post是什么意思

  • 释义

    四处奔走， 到处碰壁；

    • from pillar to post英英释义

    noun

    a firm upright support for a superstructure : post entry 1

    a usually ornamental column or shaftespecially: one standing alone for a monument

    a supporting, integral, or upstanding member or part

    a pillar of society

    a fundamental precept

    the five pillars of Islam

    a solid mass of coal, rock, or ore left standing to support a mine roof

    a body part that resembles a column

    verb

    transitive verb

    to provide or strengthen with or as if with pillars

    noun

    a firm upright support for a superstructure : post entry 1

    a usually ornamental column or shaftespecially: one standing alone for a monument

    a supporting, integral, or upstanding member or part

    a pillar of society

    a fundamental precept

    the five pillars of Islam

    a solid mass of coal, rock, or ore left standing to support a mine roof

    a body part that resembles a column

    verb

    transitive verb

    to provide or strengthen with or as if with pillars

    from pillar to post词源英文解释

    Noun Middle English piler, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin pilare, from Latin pila

    The first known use of pillar was in the 13th century

    from pillar to post儿童词典英英释义

    pillar1 of 2noun

    a firm upright support (as for a roof)

    a column or shaft standing alone (as for a monument)

    a supporting or important member or part

    a pillar of society

    pillar2 of 2verb

    to provide or support with or as if with pillars

    a long pillared hall

    from pillar to post 例句

    1 the ancient Greek temple boasted graceful marble pillars with richly ornamented tops

    2 my father has been my pillar throughout this crisis

    3 The task force’s work is centered around four core pillars: education and resources, community, benefits and grants.

    4 Wyatt Ellis is only 15, but the mandolin prodigy is making quite a splash on the bluegrass world and appearing alongside some pillars of the genre — Bobby Osborne, Sierra Hull, Sam Bush, Marty Stuart, Ronnie McCoury, among them.

    5 Some people enjoy that kind of life, drifting from pillar to post.

    有些人喜欢这种生活, 到处漂泊游荡.

    6 Nobody is in charge there. They send you from pillar to post.

    那儿无人负责. 他们让你四处奔走,到处碰壁.

    7 Red tape everywhere I went. They sent me from pillar to post.

    到处都是繁文缛节,我到任何地方他们都推诿不办.

    8 The enemy was hurried from pillar to post.

    敌人被赶得东逃西窜走投无路.

    9 We were driven from pillar to post.

    我们走投无路了.

    10 Good God what I've gone through I Was I to be dragged from pillar to post?

    上帝啊,我到底过的什么日子啊!为什么拖得我到处碰壁 呢 ?

    from pillar to post 同义词

    1 东奔西跑

    on the jump

    2 走投无路

    reduce with back to the wall

    from pillar to post 短语相关

    from pillar to post pillar box pillar of strength from pillar to post pillar box pillar of strength

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