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

• But shopping tourism is far from a Chinese phenomenon, and Spain in general and Barcelona in particular offers an object lesson in how visitor flows from developing countries have changed the face of tourism.
  不过购物旅游远不是中国独有的现象，西班牙尤其是巴塞罗那给人们上了一堂示范课，让人们知道来自发展中国家的游客怎样改变了旅游业的面貌。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I know that some now criticize the action in Libya as an object lesson.
  我知道，现在有些人将利比亚的行动作为实物教育加以批评。
• The US sector, where efficient plants are hiring again, is an object lesson in the virtues of tough love.
  美国汽车业一些效率高的工厂开始重新招聘了，这一实例展现了“严厉的爱”的优点。
• 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。
• This thesis takes Huainan City as research object, states the feasibility and actuality of design for optimizing coal-mine city space structure by conducting development strategy of Huainan City Space, provide a certain lesson for developing Chinese coal-mining city space structure.
  论文以淮南城市作为实证研究对象，通过淮南城市空间的发展战略思考阐明煤矿城市空间结构优化构想的现实性，为我国煤矿城市的空间发展提供一定借鉴。
• 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。
• 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。