听声词典

can't hold a candle to

C 开头单词

基本解释

  • 远不如某人（非正式）
  • 望尘莫及（非正式）

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英汉例句

    双语例句

  • "Can't hold a candle to" is a popular expression.
    "Can't hold a candle to"（比不上，远不如）是一个常见词汇。
  • She can't hold a candle To the beauty of your smile.
    在你灿烂的笑容前，她只能自惭形秽。
  • The NASA scientists and technicians of today can't hold a candle to the driven visionaries of the 60's.
    现在国家宇航局的科学家和技术人员还不如60年代那些人！
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    • 权威例句

  • High school is certainly a head-scratcher, no matter how old you are, but the mathematics of social hierarchies can't hold a candle to the mysteries of the buckyball.
    ENGADGET: Alt-week 8.4.12: buckyballs, bosons and bodily fluids Alt
  • He can't hold a candle to Chavez.
    NPR: Venezuela Candidate: Govt Exploits Chavez Death
  • As good as the handheld's newfangled Tegra 4 chip seems to be, it still can't hold a candle to Nvidia's own GTX 680 -- Huang explained that the Shield can play more than just Tegrazone games -- it can take over your gaming PC, too.
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词组短语

    短语

  • can 't hold a dle to 不能与;是个常用表达

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • to not be as good as the person or thing mentioned