查询词典 pottage

To be sure, I was poor, but I would not allow my poverty to gain the upper hand and compel me to barter away my inward convictions of duty for a temporary mess of pottage.

毫无疑问，我是穷，可是，我不会让贫穷左右我，迫使我用心里对于责任的信念来暂时换取一碗汤喝。

It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice; ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government; ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.

现在到了我该结束你们在这里席位的时候了，你们以蔑视所有的道德，营私舞弊玷污了这些席位。你们是一小撮结党营私，以政府为敌的乌合之众；你们是群唯利是图的蛆虫，像以扫一样，为了蝇头小利不惜出卖你们的国家；像犹大一样，为了几个铜板不惜背叛你们主。

I think what he got is a mess of pottage when he agreed to withdraw his candidacy in exchange for a peerage.

我想，他答应了退出竞选换取贵族头衔，是因小失大了。

This is where the Idiom Mess of Pottage comes from.

这是"因小失大"这个成语的来源。

B: Do you think I'll depart from my correct stand just for a mess of pottage?

难道你认为我会因为一点点利益就改变我的立场吗？

A nice mess of pottage was served at the beginning.

先上的是份不错的浓汤。

It was said that by joining the Common Market Britain would be giving away her national rights and advantages for a mess of pottage .

据说英国参加共同市场是为了一碗红豆汤而损害国家的利益。到中国译典经典版本中查找关于pottage的最新解释和例句。。。。

To sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage短语,来比喻to exchange something of lasting value for something that is of value for a short time only;to suffer a big loss for a little gain.这个成语常缩略为for a mess of pottage的形式.有时也可用to sell one's birthrights.

旧约。创世纪》第25章记述了这样一个故事传说：犹太族长以撒的妻子利百加怀孕期间，感觉到2个胎儿在她腹内互相踢打，就去问耶和华，耶和华对她说：&两国在你腹内，两族要从你身上出来，这族必强于那族，将来大的要服小的。&

To sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage短语,来比喻to exchange something of lasting value for something that is of value for a short time only;to suffer a big loss for a little gain.这个成语常缩略为for a mess of pottage的形式.有时也可用to sell one's birthrights.

旧约。创世纪》第25章记述了这样一个故事传说：犹太族长以撒的妻子利百加怀孕期间，感觉到2个胎儿在她腹内互相踢打，就去问耶和华，耶和华对她说：&两国在你腹内，两族要从你身上出来，这族必强于那族，将来大的要服侍小的。&

Sell ones birthright for a mess of pottage to exchange sth of lasting value for sth that is of value for a short time only 为一碗红豆汤而出卖长子继承权,见利弃义;贪小失大 He has given up his legal studies to work on an oilrig, and although he is earning a lot, it seems to me that he has sold his birthright

for a mess of pottage。他放弃学习法律而到油井工作，虽然赚了不少钱，但在我看来，他是因小失大。

In the United States, chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C are the most common ones.

在美国，慢性酒精中毒，肝炎是最常见的。

If you have any questions, you can contact me anytime.

如果有任何问题，你可以随时联系我。