"make a meal of" 怎么发音
expression
MAYK-uh-MEEL-uhv
MAYK-uh-MEEL-ov
释义
To treat something as more important, difficult, or complicated than it really is; to exaggerate the effort or importance of something simple.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈmeɪk/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈmiɫ/ /ˈəv
英式英语
mˈeɪk/ /æɪ/ /mˈiːl/ /ˈɒv
简化发音
美式
MAYK-uh-MEEL-uhv
英式
MAYK-uh-MEEL-ov
语境中听
He really made a meal of washing the car.
Don’t make a meal of this small problem.
She tends to make a meal of any task.
You really made a meal of that phone call—what took you so long?