今日短語(yǔ)
Build something on sand 沒(méi)打好基礎(chǔ)；毫無(wú)根據(jù)
今日短語(yǔ)
表達(dá) “build something on sand” 用 “在沙子上建造某物” 來(lái)比喻 “事物基礎(chǔ)薄弱或沒(méi)有基礎(chǔ)”。雖然它可以描述 “建筑物等有形的事物根基不穩(wěn)固”，但往往多用來(lái)指 “論點(diǎn)或想法毫無(wú)根據(jù)”，多用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)中，即 “be built on sand”。
例句
Without any planning or financial backing, Derek is building his company on sand.
沒(méi)有任何計(jì)劃和資金支持，德里克正在創(chuàng)建的公司基礎(chǔ)不牢固。
Her argument made no sense and was built on sand.
她的論點(diǎn)說(shuō)不通，而且毫無(wú)根據(jù)。
At first I thought Sarah’s plan for the project was built on sand, but then she presented the research she’d done.
起初，我認(rèn)為莎拉的計(jì)劃毫無(wú)根據(jù)、不切實(shí)際，但后來(lái)她展示了她為此計(jì)劃先前做過(guò)的研究調(diào)查。
