eat his words
基本解釋
- 食言
英漢例句
- But he's certainly had to eat his words and admit he was wrong.
但是，他現(xiàn)在不得不收廻他講的話，承認(rèn)自己是錯(cuò)的了。 - Several people quoted facts to prove that Harry was wrong, and he had to eat his words.
有些人引用事實(shí)証明哈裡說(shuō)錯(cuò)了。因而他不得不承認(rèn)他說(shuō)錯(cuò)了。 - Tom said Nancy would never succeed in her business, but after seeing her business grow, he had to eat his words.
湯姆說(shuō)南茜的事業(yè)永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)成功，可是在看到南茜業(yè)務(wù)的增長(zhǎng)以後，他不得不收廻自己的話。 - And now David Axelrod, forced to eat his words and suffer humiliation.
FORBES: Obama's Cold Heart Might Be A Good Thing - On this occasion, Senate traditions prevailed: Mr Specter got the job based on seniority—but not before having to eat his words and kow-tow to all and sundry.
ECONOMIST: The second term: Shock and awe, continued The