儒琴英语词组选自欧美报刊文章以及英语原文小说。坚持学习英语今日词组,有助于阅读和理解当今欧美主流媒体的新闻时事报道和英语文学作品。
儒琴英语词组(English Phrase of the Day)
pan out
英文解释
turn out; to happen, end, or develop in a particular way , especially succeed; If something, for example a project or some information, pans out, it produces something useful or valuable.
中文解释
pan out 类似 turn out, 表示取得发展,取得结果;这个结果往往是好的,成功的,有价值。这个短语来自19世纪,当时淘金者把淘金盘(pan)浸在小溪和河流中,希望 pan out 金子,实现财富梦。pan out 这个词组是不及物的动词,后面一般不跟宾语。
原文举例
We’ll have to see how things pan out.
我们得看看事态如何发展(情况发展的结果)。
Their attempt to start a new business didn’t pan out.
他们创办新企业的尝试没有成功。
Democrats’ hope of a Blue Wave didn’t pan out as they expected. President Donald Trump was not hit by a “Blue Wave”, a potential groundswell of Democratic opposition that had been expected to help them win the White House and the US Senate, in addition to the House of Representatives already in their control.
民主党人对“蓝色浪潮”的期望并没有取得像他们预期那样的结果。美国总统唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)没有受到“蓝色浪潮”(Blue Wave)的冲击。“蓝色浪潮”指的是民主党的潜在反对浪潮,此前人们预计这将帮助他们赢得白宫和美国参议院,以及已经在他们控制下的众议院。