tip of the iceberg 的定义
- Only a hint or suggestion of a much larger or more complex issue or problem: “The money missing from petty cash was only the tip of the iceberg of financial mismanagement.” This phrase alludes to the fact that the bulk of a floating iceberg is concealed beneath the water, leaving only a small portion, its tip, visible above.
tip of the iceberg 近义词
等同于 superficial
tip of the iceberg 的近义词 45 个
- cursory
- frivolous
- one-dimensional
- perfunctory
- silly
- sketchy
- slight
- trivial
- apparent
- casual
- cosmetic
- depthless
- desultory
- empty
- evident
- exterior
- external
- flash
- flimsy
- general
- glib
- half-baked
- hasty
- hurried
- ignorant
- inattentive
- lightweight
- nodding
- on the surface
- ostensible
- outward
- partial
- passing
- peripheral
- quick-fix
- seeming
- shallow
- shoal
- skin-deep
- slapdash
- smattery
- summary
- surface
- uncritical
- warped
tip of the iceberg 的反义词 14 个
等同于 one-dimensional
tip of the iceberg 的近义词 44 个
- peripheral
- shallow
- sketchy
- warped
- apparent
- casual
- cosmetic
- cursory
- depthless
- desultory
- empty
- evident
- exterior
- external
- flash
- flimsy
- frivolous
- general
- glib
- half-baked
- hasty
- hurried
- ignorant
- inattentive
- lightweight
- nodding
- on the surface
- ostensible
- outward
- partial
- passing
- perfunctory
- quick-fix
- seeming
- shoal
- silly
- skin-deep
- slapdash
- slight
- smattery
- summary
- surface
- trivial
- uncritical
更多tip of the iceberg例句
- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
- Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
- The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.
- Earlier this year, security at major airports was tightened because of a tip that al-Asiri had been working on a cell phone bomb.
- Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
- The best pipet is a small glass tube which has been drawn out at one end to a tip with rather small opening.
- You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
- But Lessard's a overbearin' son-of-a-gun all round, and he's always breakin' out in a new place.
- Tip wore leaky boots all last winter, but when spring came he bought Mrs. Pulsifer a sewing machine.