with flying colours
当船只返回港口时
常用释义
英式发音
美式发音
基本释义
- 轻松过关：形容某人在完成任务时表现出色。通常用于描述某人在考试或其他考核中轻松通过或取得了极高的分数。该短语起源于大航海时代，当船只返回港口时，根据升起或降下的旗帜（“颜色”）来表示船只的成功或失败，升起的旗帜表示成功，降下的旗帜表示失败。因此，“with flying colours”字面上意味着某人完成了任务，但在习语上暗示着在该任务中取得了特别的成功。
例句
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1·She passed the exam with flying colours.她以优异成绩通过了考试。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·We must have this work finished with flying colours by Monday.我们一定要在星期一以前出色地完成这项工作。
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3·The speaker hammered at his opponent's ideas with flying colours.讲演人对其对手的主张不断地、出色地进行抨击。
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4·The football team came back from its Europe tour with flying colours.这支足球队在访问欧洲后凯旋而归。
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5·To make matters worse, all your friends seem to have passed with flying colours.更糟糕的是，你的朋友好像都以出色的成绩通过了考试。
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6·Think that you've already passed with flying colours and you're celebrating your victory.想象你已经以优异的成绩通过考试，此刻正在庆祝你的胜利。
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7·Please honour your agreement by working until the project is finished with flying colours.请遵守你们的协议，出色地完成这个项目。
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8·You've researched the company, updated your CV and passed the job interview with flying colours.你已经研究了这家公司，更新了你的简历，并且成功通过面试。
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9·I'm happy to say that I feel great and I have passed my most recent medical with flying colours.我很高兴地说，我觉得很好，我已经过去了，我最近的医疗很出色。
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10·Still, it would be wrong to imply that Mr Obama has passed the telephone test with flying colours.但这也不意味着奥巴马通过了“午夜凶铃”的考验并大获全胜。