applecart
英[æpl'kɑːt]
美[æpl'kɑːt]
Noun:
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the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart'
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a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street
- 1. They may also be friends of the chairman, so they are reluctant to upset the applecart.
- 他们也可能是主席的朋友，所以他们不愿从中捣乱。
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- 2. Tom upset the other team's applecart by hitting a home run in the last inning and we won the game.
- 汤姆在最后一局中击出一个本垒打而破坏了对方的胜利之果，结果我们队反而赢了。
youdao
- 3. When he referred to that incident of last year, he upset the applecart and the whole deal fell through.
- 他提到去年的那起事件，令前功尽弃，整笔生意就此泡汤。
youdao
- 4. For the past three weeks we have been carefully planning the garden party, but the continual rain has upset our applecart.
- 在过去的三周里，我们一直在安排这次游园会，但雨下个不停，把我们的计划全搅乱了。
youdao
- 5. He thought of going to study in Oxford after finishing high school here. But his father's sudden death upset his applecart.
- 他原来想在这里读完中学后到牛津去读大学，但他的父亲猝然故世，他的美梦也随之破灭。
youdao
- 6. We thought we would give him a pleasant surprise by giving him our present on his birthday, but Mary leaked out the secret and upset the applecart.
- 我们本来想在他生日那天把礼物给他，让他惊喜一番，但玛丽所秘密泄漏了，打乱了计划。
youdao
- 7. We thought we would give him a pleasant surprise by giving him our present on his birthday, but Mary leaked out the secret and upset the applecart.
- 我们本来想在他生日那天把礼物给他，让他惊喜一番，但玛丽所秘密泄漏了，打乱了计划。
youdao
- Her refusal to help quite upset the applecart.
她不肯帮忙,计划也就落空了。
