Carry coals to newcastle
做徒劳多余的事
🧩 词语组成解析
carry
['kæri]
vt. 支撑;携带;输送;运载;
vt.& vi. 运送;搬运;具有;
vi. （文学、戏剧等）对读者;扔（或踢）到…距离;（马等）具有某种姿势;传得很远;
n. （枪炮、火箭等的）射程;运输，运送;
car, char 车, 跑
n. 煤炭( coal的名词复数 ); 煤块
to
[tu,tə]
prep. 向，朝着;到;关于;属于;
adv. 朝一个方向的;到某种状态;关闭;
n. 纽卡斯尔（英国港市）
🗣️ 情景例句
I hear what you're saying.
我明白你的意思。
This company is growing by leaps and bounds, and the way to keep growing.
这个公司正在迅速发展，保持成长。
is as the proportion of the total vocabulary of his mother tongue against those words of his own baby talk that are taken up into the vernacular of his family.
就好像他本国语言的总词汇量和自己咿呀学语时他家庭所接纳的他的词汇量之比。