object lesson

英 [ˈɒbdʒekt lesn]

美 [ˈɑːbdʒekt lesn]

n.  借鉴; 经验教训

牛津词典

noun

• 借鉴；经验教训
  a practical example of what you should or should not do in a particular situation

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （作为教训或说明原则的）实例
  If you describe an action, event, or situation as anobject lesson, you think that it demonstrates the correct way to do something, or that it demonstrates the truth of a particular principle.
  1. It was an object lesson in how to use television as a means of persuasion.
     这是如何利用电视进行劝服的一个实际例子。

英英释义

noun

• punishment intended as a warning to others
  1. they decided to make an example of him
  Synonym:exampledeterrent examplelesson

双语例句

• Richadrd's experience was an object lesson in how not to organize a holiday.
  理查德的经历是未妥善安排休假的一个实例。
• Myanmar is indeed an object lesson in perseverance.
  确实，缅甸是关于坚持的活教材。
• From its mastery of the Internet and brand values to its relentless discipline and organisation, the 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama was an object lesson to marketers.
  从擅于利用互联网和品牌价值，到纪律严明、组织严密，巴拉克奥巴马（barackobama）的2008年总统竞选活动，对于营销人员来说，不啻一堂实物教学课。
• The eurozone offers an object lesson in how not to respond to a systemic crisis.
  欧元区就应对系统性危机时的禁忌行为，提供了一堂实物教学课。
• As for the EU, the only lesson it has lately offered the rest of the world is an object lesson in beggar-thy-neighbour disunity.
  至于欧盟，世界其它地区最近能从它身上汲取到的唯一教训，是以邻为壑的不团结带来的活生生的教训。
• We listen to the boss telling an object lesson story.
  我们聆听上司的实例教训。
• The disalter was an object lesson in how not to run a ship.
  这场灾难是说明不该如何驾船的一个实例。
• Just look at the task force as an object lesson.
  看看特遣舰队这个实例吧。
• A decade of bitter experience in Afghanistan has been an object lesson in the difficulty of using the military to tackle a "failed state".
  出兵阿富汗的10年惨痛经历带来一个客观的教训：用军队对付一个“失败国家”是很难的。
• Unfortunately, for all their rising economic might, this episode is proving to be an object lesson for them on the realities of global political jockeying.
  不幸的是，尽管它们的经济实力在不断上升，事实证明这段插曲将给新兴国家上一堂有关全球政治博弈现实的实物教学课。