N-COUNT A millstone is a large, flat, round stone which is one of a pair of stones used to grind grain into flour. 磨石; 磨盘
PHRASE If you describe something as a millstone or a millstone around your neck, you mean that it is a very unpleasant problem or responsibility that you cannot escape from. 重担; 包袱 [usu v-link PHR] [表不满]
For today's politicians, the treaty is becoming a millstone.
对今天的政治家而言，该条约正成为一大包袱。
That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
那个合同果真成了他的一个沉重负担。
They aligned themselves with one side, or got ground between millstones.
他们必须与一方结盟，或在夹缝中求生。
Do not take a pair of millstones — not even the upper one — as security for a debt, because that would be taking a man's livelihood as security.
不可拿人的全盘磨石或是上磨石作当头，因为这是拿人的命作当头。
Today, millstones of the same shape are still being used.
至今同一形制的磨盘还在使用。
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