例句-2: This young producer made money on his first three films, so the studio invested forty million in his fourth film. But it turned out to be a real bomb -- it didn't make enough to get back the investment.
下面我们要给大家介绍的一个俗语也和 bomb 有关,但是它的意思和 bomb 又很不相同。这个习惯用语就是: to drop a bombshell。 To drop a bombshell 的意思是:宣布令人震惊的消息,就像一枚炸弹在你身旁突然爆炸一样让你吃惊。下面这个祖父宣布的消息确实会让人感到很惊讶:
例句-3: Grandfather dropped a bombshell last night when he told the family he is marrying a woman 40 years younger than he is.
例句-4: In March 1968 President Lyndon Johnson dropped one of the biggest bombshells ever dropped in American politics when he announced that he would not run for re-election because of the Vietnam War.