每日学英语:Add fuel to the fire 火上浇油
2023-12-17 14:11:34 每日学英语
fuel是油,fire是火焰,add fuel to the fire的意思是“ 火上浇油,让情况变得更糟”。
【例句】
The discovery that the government was aware of the cover-up has really added fuel to the fire.
人们发现政府对这起隐瞒事件早已知情,这真是火上浇油。
If you add fuel to the fire, you do something to make a bad situation even worse.
如果你火上浇油,就表示你做了一些使原本的情况变得更糟的事。