| 釋義 |
來(lái)歷不明lái lì bù míngcome from nobody knows where;get a shady past; be of dubious backgroud(/questionable antecedents/unknown origin)
? 可是，一個(gè)～的織工，用一瓶茶黃色的藥水就立奏奇效，其中必有秘術(shù)是顯而易見(jiàn)了。But when a weaver,who came from nobody knew where,worked wonders with a bottle of brown waters,the occult character of the process was evident.
? 實(shí)對(duì)你老人家說(shuō)： “你女婿因前兒多喝了點(diǎn)子酒，和人分爭(zhēng)起來(lái)，不知怎么叫人放了把邪火，說(shuō)他～，告到衙門里，要遞解還鄉(xiāng)。(《紅樓夢(mèng)》86) The fact is,your son-in-law had a cup too much the other day and a row started. Someone,I don’t know why,has spread ugly rumours and says he’s got a shady past. A charge has been lodged against him at the yamen to have him sent back to his native place. 來(lái)歷不明lái lì bù mínɡ指人和事物的由來(lái)與經(jīng)過(guò)都不清楚。of an unknown origin or source, of dubious background, obscure origin, of an obscure origin |