nip in the bud

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nip in the bud 的定义

  1. Halt something at an early stage, or thoroughly check something. For example, By arresting all the leaders, they nipped the rebellion in the bud. This metaphoric expression, alluding to a spring frost that kills flower buds, was first recorded in a Beaumont and Fletcher play of 1606–1607.

nip in the bud 近义词

v. 动词 verb

stop early on

更多nip in the bud例句

  1. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  2. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  3. Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
  4. This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
  5. Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
  6. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
  7. By a voice he saith: Hear me, ye divine offspring, and bud forth as the rose planted by the brooks of waters.
  8. Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
  9. The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
  10. So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.