打亂;破壞;阻止;妨礙。
例句:
- I’m not willing to put the kibosh on Eugene, but he isn’t doing what he is supposed to. (我不願妨礙尤金,但他沒在做他該做的事)
- The rain put the kibosh on our plans for a picnic. (大雨破壞了我們的野餐計畫)
- We had planned a two-day, 120-kilometer bike ride but bad weather put the kibosh on it. (我們原本打算進行兩天 120 公里的單車之旅,但惡劣的天氣使這項計畫泡了湯)
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