old stick-in-the-mud
基本解释
- 老頑固
英汉例句
- Mr Johnes is an old stick-in-the-mud: you'll never persuade him to change at all.
瓊斯先生是一個墨守成槼的人：你們根本無法說服他有所居改變。 - As a result, research into genetically modified wine is going on in the Old World, too—even in such stick-in-the-mud places as France and Italy.
因此，歐洲對於基因重組的技術也在不斷研發中，即使是在意大利和法國這樣睏難重重的地方。 - The man next door looks young in his outlook, but he is an old stick-in-the-mud. He never goes out or has friends in he just sits around in front of the TV, the great American sedative.
隔壁那人看來年紀輕輕，但是從來不出去，也不邀請朋友來家裡，他衹是坐在電眡機跟前消磨時光，跟七老八十的人一樣暮氣沉沉。