| 单词 | lemming-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslemming-like b. Used figuratively to denote a person bent on a headlong rush, often towards disaster. Also attributive or quasi-adj.; lemming-like adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > doomed to misfortune > rushing headlong to disaster lemming1968 1959 M. Gilbert Blood & Judgement iii. 35 Home~going office workers..potent in mass as a lemming migration.] 1968 M. Bragg Without City Wall i. x. 116 To opt out..in a way, you could say that was just as lemming~like as what you're doing. 1969 D. F. Horrobin Sci. is God i. 9 This lemming unconcern may have dangerous consequences. 1969 New Yorker 12 Apr. 61/2 In Dr. Langseth's view, going to the moon is an impulse in~grained in the national character, as though Americans were astronautical lemmings. 1970 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 15 Feb. 12/1 No one had the slightest idea of what was happening, yet all had joined in the mad lemming~like scramble for the waterfront. 1970 P. Moyes Who saw her Die? xx. 256 It was Saturday, the lemming rush was in full spate, the suburbs pouring their millions in bus, tube, train and car into the central sea. 1972 ‘J. Bell’ Death of Poison-Tongue viii. 80 Lemmings..was only the present vogue word..to describe a collection of mindless people moved by a common purpose. 1972 Guardian 11 Dec. 12/6 The only way to stop multiple motorway crashes is by educating us all in roadcraft so that our individual intelligence becomes more powerful than our lemming instincts. 1975 Sunday Times 16 Feb. 51/1 Last week there were ample signs that the lemming-like rush to pile in at any price was wearing itself out. < as lemmas |
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