shoeshine boy
英汉例句
- That official is nothing but a shoeshine boy.
那个官员是个不折不扣的擦鞋仔。 - Washing feet was the equivalent of being a shoeshine boy, a job devoid of status. But Jesus knew who he was, so the task didn't threaten his self-image.
洗脚这份工作等于擦鞋童的工作，但他因清楚自己的身分，便不怕自毁形象，而作卑微的服事。 - The story goes that in 1929 Joseph Kennedy liquidated his portfolio when he heard that a shoeshine boy (in some versions, an elevator boy) was giving stock tips.
据说在1929年时，当约瑟夫•肯尼迪听说有一个擦皮鞋的男孩（在某些版本中是电梯男孩）给他股市建议时，他马上将其投资组合全部平仓。 - In the absence of a helpful shoeshine boy, magazines can play a small part in this overshooting.
ECONOMIST: Buttonwood - Joe Kennedy famously claimed that he knew it was time to dump shares when he got a stock tip from a shoeshine boy in New York.
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