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。
• 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。
• Don't make me out as an object lesson.
  别拿我开刀。
• 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。
• The disalter was an object lesson in how not to run a ship.
  这场灾难是说明不该如何驾船的一个实例。
• 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。
• 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。
• The way she handled this situation provided an object lesson in how to deal with a dissatisfied customer.
  在如何对待不满意的顾客方面，她处理这件事情的方法可供参考。
• 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。
• This paper discusses the choice of intercept plan, the construction method and object lesson of the rubber dam cofferdam in Qiqihar City zone to be referenced for the colleagues.
  阐述了齐齐哈尔市城区橡胶坝围堰截流方案的选择、施工方法及经验与教训，供同行参考。