tip of the iceberg是什么意思，tip of the iceberg的意思翻译、用法、同义词、例句

常用词典

冰山一角；事物的表面部分

Unless we're all a lot more careful, the people who have died so far will be just the tip of the iceberg.

除非我们大家都更加小心，否则迄今为止已经死去的人数将只是冰山一角。

The problems that people see now are just the tip of the iceberg. There are numerous disasters going to happen because of global warming.

人们现在看到的只是问题的冰山一角，由于全球变暖，有很多灾害将会发生。

The above complaints are, I suspect, just the tip of the iceberg.

上述的这些抱怨，我觉得，不过是冰山的一角。

That's the tip of the iceberg.

这仅仅是冰山的一角。

It's just the tip of the iceberg.

那只是冰山一角。

单词：tip of the iceberg

解释： tip of the iceberg 用来形容一个问题或者情况的真相只是被揭示出来的一小部分，还有更多的隐含在内部。它指的是在一个更大的问题或者复杂情况中，所能看到的或者了解到的只是很小一部分。
例句：
- The problems we are seeing now are just the tip of the iceberg. (我们现在看到的问题只是冰山一角。)
- The amount of money we spent on advertising is just the tip of the iceberg. (我们在广告上花费的金额只是冰山一角。)

tip of the iceberg 可以作为主语、宾语、表语、定语等。
作主语的例句：
- The tip of the iceberg is the part that you can see. (冰山一角是你能看到的部分。)
- The tip of the iceberg is always smaller than the rest of it. (冰山一角总是比其余部分小。)
作宾语的例句：
- The problems we are facing now are just the tip of the iceberg. (我们现在面临的问题只是冰山一角。)
- The amount of money we spent on advertising is just the tip of the iceberg. (我们在广告上花费的金额只是冰山一角。)
作表语的例句：
- The problem is just the tip of the iceberg. (问题只是冰山一角。)
- The amount of money spent on advertising is just the tip of the iceberg. (在广告上花费的金额只是冰山一角。)
作定语的例句：
- This is just the tip of the iceberg problem. (这只是冰山一角的问题。)
- The tip of the iceberg cost is much higher than expected. (冰山一角的花费比预期高得多。)