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speak of the devil

  • 说曹操,曹操就到:这是英语习语“Speak of the devil and he doth appear”(或其替代形式“speak of the devil and he shall appear”)的简化形式。在对话中,当讨论的对象突然出现时使用。它也可以用于快速变得相关的话题,比如下雨或汽车抛锚。在这个意义上,它可以被看作是“tempting fate”这个短语的替代。

英英释义

speak of the devil

  • v. mention someone's name who just then appears

以上来源于: WordNet

双语例句

  • Speaking of the devil, here he comes.

    曹操,曹操来了。

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  • Speaking of the devil, we were just talking about you.

    曹操,曹操就到,我们刚刚提到呢。

    youdao

  • Speaking of the devil, the search feature is also unified with your phone's contacts, parsing and suggesting any people who may help land you your next gig.

    搜索功能,它手机通讯录也是相连,它分析的联系人并且给出建议谁在你的脑子里

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