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add insult to injury

/æd ˈɪn.sʌlt tu ˈɪn.dʒə.ri/
phrase★中级— 雪上加霜◆成语
◆ 真正含义
比喻在别人已经遭受不幸或挫折时,再给予更多伤害或侮辱,使情况变得更加糟糕。
¶ 字面意思
字面意思是'在伤害之上再增加侮辱'。
字面拆解
add增加+insult侮辱+to到+injury伤害
非正式

在别人已经遭受不幸或挫折时,再给予更多伤害或侮辱,使情况雪上加霜。

Not only did she lose her wallet, but to add insult to injury, it started raining heavily.

她不仅丢了钱包,更雪上加霜的是,天还下起了大雨。

The team lost the game, and to add insult to injury, their star player got injured.

球队输掉了比赛,更雪上加霜的是,他们的主力球员受伤了。

💡

常用于形容雪上加霜的不幸境遇,强调在原本困境上再添新的伤害。

搭配

to add insult to injury雪上加霜as if that wasn't enough不仅如此on top of that更糟糕的是

同义词

rub salt in the woundkick someone when they're downpour oil on the fire

反义词

make amendsturn the tables

相关短语

rub salt in the wound成语
在伤口上撒盐,使痛苦加剧
kick someone when they're down成语
落井下石,趁人之危
pour oil on the fire成语
火上浇油,使情况更糟

💡专业提示

如何正确使用

该短语通常用于描述他人遭遇不幸后又受到额外伤害的情况。例如:'He failed the exam, and to add insult to injury, his laptop broke down.'(他考试不及格,更雪上加霜的是,他的笔记本电脑又坏了。)

⚡黄金法则

避免字面理解

该短语是比喻用法,绝不是指实际的身体伤害或侮辱行为。切勿将其理解为'在伤口上撒盐'的字面意思。

📖词源

该短语最早出现于18世纪,源自拉丁语谚语'cum mala malis adduntur'(坏上加坏)。首次在英语中记录于1748年,出现在《伦敦杂志》的一篇文章中。字面意思是'在伤口上撒盐',比喻在别人已经受伤的情况下再给予额外的伤害。

📝用法说明

1. 该短语通常用于非正式场合,表达对他人不幸境遇的同情或强调情况恶化。 2. 不要与字面意思混淆,它绝不是指实际的身体伤害。 3. 在中文中,常用'雪上加霜'或'落井下石'等成语来表达相同的意思。

单词拆解

add
增加,添加
root
+
insult
侮辱,伤害
root
+
to
到,向
preposition
+
injury
伤害,损害
root
英汉词典

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