wet blanket

英 [ˌwet ˈblæŋkɪt]

美 [ˌwet ˈblæŋkɪt]

n. 泼冷水的人; 扫兴的人

牛津词典

noun

泼冷水的人；扫兴的人
a person who is not enthusiastic about anything and who stops other people from enjoying themselves

扫兴的人
If you say that someone is awet blanket, you are criticizing them because they refuse to join other people in an enjoyable activity or because they want to stop other people enjoying themselves.

noun

I know John's a wet blanket.
我知道约翰是一个枯燥无味的人。
The forecast of rain cast a wet blanket over our picnic plan.
预报有雨，使我们的野餐计划黯然失色。
He is a black sheep and his brother is a wet blanket.
他是一只黑色的绵羊，他的弟弟是一条湿毛毯。
Dorothy always acts like a wet blanket at our parties.
多萝西在我们的聚会上总是令人扫兴。
While we were talking about the party, Bill kept being a wet blanket.
我们在谈派对的事时，比尔一直扫我们的兴。
( 2) The teenagers don't invite Bob to their parties because he is a wet blanket.
青少年们不邀请鲍伯参加他们的聚会因为他是一个令人扫兴的人。
The weatherman threw a wet blanket on our picnic plan when he forecast rain.
气象员报有雨，给我们的野餐计划泼了冷水。
Don't bring Robert to the picnic. he's such a wet blanket.
不要带罗伯特去参加野餐，他实在是个很扫兴的人。
That'll throw a wet blanket over plans of investors to get into the stock market.
这个消息对那些想在股票市场投资的人来说就好像泼了一盆冷水一样。
Don't throw a wet blanket on others at random!
不要随便给别人泼冷水！