whistle-stop

美 [ˈwɪsl stɑːp]英 [ˈwɪsl stɒp]
  • adj.走马观花的;浮光掠影的
  • v.(在…)作竞选活动
  • n.〈美口〉快车不停的小站;小镇
whistle-stopwhistle-stop

adj.

only before noun走马观花的;浮光掠影的
visiting a lot of different places in a very short time

to go on a whistle-stop tour of Europe

到欧洲各地作走马看花的观光

politicians on a whistle-stop election campaign

在各地进行蜻蜓点水式竞选宣传的政治人物

whistle-stop

频次

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    ADJ (尤指政界人士在很多地方)短暂停留的
    If someone, especially a politician, goes on a whistle-stop tour, they visit a lot of different places in a short time.

    Bertie Ahern will host a working dinner for Tony Blair tonight as he jets into Dublin on a whistle-stop tour of EU capitals.

    正在对欧盟各成员国首都作短暂访问的托尼·布莱尔今晚将飞抵都柏林,届时伯蒂·埃亨将设工作晚宴予以款待。

  1. Bertie Ahern will host a working dinner for Tony Blair tonight as he jets into Dublin on a whistle-stop tour of EU capitals .

    正在对欧盟各成员国首都作短暂访问的托尼·布莱尔今晚将飞抵都柏林,届时伯蒂·埃亨将设工作晚宴予以款待。

  2. Local leaders will lead the group on a whistle-stop tour of the city over the weekend .

    周末,当地领导将带领该小组游览本市的一些景点。

  3. The premier is taking a whistle-stop tour in the hardest hit area of the south .

    总理正在南方受灾最重的地区进行短暂巡视。

  4. One innovation was to send the Indian Pacific on a whistle-stop Christmas run taking gifts and music to the outback .

    还有一项创新之举就是安排“印第安大西洋号”列车沿着铁路线做圣诞节短期宣传访问,把礼物和音乐送到内地。

  5. More a rail cruise than a point-to-point journey , daily whistle-stop tours set the schedule , allowing passengers to explore regional Australia .

    它并非传统的点对点的旅行,而更像是巡航于铁轨上的船只,每日停驻于不同小站,让游客们尽览澳洲各色风景。

  6. The posters brought in the yokels from fifty miles around every whistle-stop we played Those hayseeds are not what they used to be .

    那些广告把我们演出所在的每一个小镇周围50英里内的乡下佬都引来了。

  7. And with that , the whistle-stop tour of the Ajax roundtrip is complete , although you may want to get the Web app running and see it in action ( see the Download section ) .

    到此,整个Ajax往返过程完成了,但是您可能想让Web应用程序运行一下查看实际效果(请参阅下载一节)。