applecart

英 ['æp(ə)lˌkɑː(r)t]

美 ['æp(ə)lˌkɑrt]

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复数：applecarts　第三人称单数：applecarts　

BNC.47192

英英释义

noun

• a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street
• the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart'

双语例句

• When he referred to that incident of last year, he upset the applecart and the whole deal fell through.
  他提到去年的那起事件，令前功尽弃，整笔生意就此泡汤。
• For the past three weeks we have been carefully planning the garden party, but the continual rain has upset our applecart.
  在过去的三周里，我们一直在安排这次游园会，但雨下个不停，把我们的计划全搅乱了。
• They may also be friends of the chairman, so they are reluctant to upset the applecart.
  他们也可能是主席的朋友，所以他们不愿从中作梗。
• Her refusal to help quite upset the applecart.
  她不肯帮忙，计画也就落空了。
• Don't let Barry know about our plans for the ski trip or he'll upset the applecart.
  别让巴里知道我们要去滑雪，他会坏事儿的。
• We thought we would give him a pleasant surprise by giving him our present on his birthday, but Mary leaked out the secret and upset the applecart.
  我们本来想在他生日那天把礼物给他，让他惊喜一番，但玛丽所秘密泄漏了，打乱了计划。