退化;花谢结子;变得不修边幅
After his divorce, he let himself go to seed.
离婚后,他自暴自弃。
He's seventy now, and is beginning to go to seed.
他现在七十岁了,开始衰老了…
What a pity you let all those cabbages go to seed. They're no use now.
真可惜,你让那些卷心菜都结籽了,全都没用了。
If you have faith the size of a mustard seed you can tell a mountain to remove itself and it'll go.
你们若有信心,像一粒芥菜种,就是叫山挪去,它也必挪去。
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
1:8如今我将这地摆在你们面前。你们要进去得这地,就是耶和华向你们列祖·亚伯拉罕,以撒,雅各起誓应许赐给他们和他们后裔为业之地。
|retrogress/bastardize;退化;花谢结子;变得不修边幅
"Go to seed"是一个英语短语,其含义可从字面及引申角度分析:
1. 字面含义
指植物在生长周期末期停止开花,转而将能量用于种子发育,导致茎叶枯萎。例如:"The lettuce plants went to seed in the summer heat."(生菜在夏季高温下结籽枯萎了)
2. 比喻意义
描述人或事物因疏于管理而衰败,常见以下两种用法:
词源参考
该短语最早见于17世纪农耕文献,记录于《牛津英语词典》的词源条目,反映了植物生命周期与人类状态的隐喻关联。现代用法在《剑桥英语词典》及《柯林斯高阶词典》中均有收录。
"Go to seed" 是一个英语短语,具有双重含义,具体解释如下:
指植物完成开花阶段后进入结籽的生命周期,通常伴随花朵凋谢、枝叶枯萎的自然过程。例如:
The garden looks untidy now that all the flowers have gone to seed.
(花朵凋谢结籽后,花园显得凌乱。)
形容人
指某人失去往日活力或形象,变得邋遢、颓废,甚至能力衰退。例如:
After retirement, he let himself go to seed and stopped exercising.
(退休后,他变得不修边幅,不再锻炼。)
形容事物
表示事物因缺乏维护而破败,或状态逐渐恶化。例如:
The historic building has gone to seed over the years.
(这座历史建筑年久失修,日渐破败。)
该短语多用于口语或文学描述,正式场合建议使用更中性的表达(如“deteriorate”)。
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