object lesson

英 [ˈɒbdʒekt lesn]

美 [ˈɑːbdʒekt lesn]

n.  借鉴; 经验教训

牛津词典

noun

• 借鉴；经验教训
  a practical example of what you should or should not do in a particular situation

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （作为教训或说明原则的）实例
  If you describe an action, event, or situation as anobject lesson, you think that it demonstrates the correct way to do something, or that it demonstrates the truth of a particular principle.
  1. It was an object lesson in how to use television as a means of persuasion.
     这是如何利用电视进行劝服的一个实际例子。

英英释义

noun

• punishment intended as a warning to others
  1. they decided to make an example of him
  Synonym:exampledeterrent examplelesson

双语例句

• Let usis accident is an object lesson in the danger of drinking and driving
  这一事故可以作为醉酒驾驶危害的实际教训
• The European Union is clearly an object lesson, both in what to do and, possibly, in what to avoid.
  在要做什么、以及要避免什么这两方面，欧盟（eu）显然是活生生的例子。
• The object lesson for your staff and the company will be the squeaky wheel gets the grease and the political employee gets the raise.
  员工得到了实际教训，公司里会哭的孩子有奶吃，懂政治的员工得到了加薪。
• A decade of bitter experience in Afghanistan has been an object lesson in the difficulty of using the military to tackle a "failed state".
  出兵阿富汗的10年惨痛经历带来一个客观的教训：用军队对付一个“失败国家”是很难的。
• An object lesson in how to destabilise a competitor: launch a hostile bid when it is attempting an orderly sale of assets to pay down debt.
  这是如何扰乱竞争对手稳定性的样板：当竞争对手试图通过有序出售资产来偿还债务时，发动敌意收购。
• From its mastery of the Internet and brand values to its relentless discipline and organisation, the 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama was an object lesson to marketers.
  从擅于利用互联网和品牌价值，到纪律严明、组织严密，巴拉克奥巴马（barackobama）的2008年总统竞选活动，对于营销人员来说，不啻一堂实物教学课。
• Consider my life an object lesson.
  把我的生命当作一个目标课程。
• Richadrd's experience was an object lesson in how not to organize a holiday.
  理查德的经历是未妥善安排休假的一个实例。
• As for the EU, the only lesson it has lately offered the rest of the world is an object lesson in beggar-thy-neighbour disunity.
  至于欧盟，世界其它地区最近能从它身上汲取到的唯一教训，是以邻为壑的不团结带来的活生生的教训。
• It was an object lesson in how to use television as a means of persuasion.
  这是如何利用电视进行劝服的一个实际例子。