英语释义

1. smoothly functioning
a well-oiled political machine

2. working in a proper and successful way

片语

flowing流动；起源；上涨（flow的ing形式）

well-oiled disposition讨人喜欢的性格

Well-oiled cog上了油的――运转正常的

neat灵巧的；整洁的；优雅的；齐整的；未搀水的；平滑的

well-oiled weather-vane加了润滑油的风向标

Well-oiled machine运转正常

a well-oiled machine一台上好油的机器

英汉例句

• Americans and Canadians travel a lot, so the travel industry is a well-oiled machine for attracting potential tourists.

  美国人和加拿大人经常旅游，欣欣向荣的旅游业也吸引了大批潜在的旅游者。

• It was the same appeal that the military bases back in Hawaii had always held for me as a young boy, with their tidy streets and well-oiled machinery, the crisp uniforms and crisper salutes.

  同样的理由，为什么老家的军事基地总是用干干凈凈的街道、上好油的机器、搞笑的制服和更加搞笑的敬礼来把我们限制成小孩子。

• When private demand suddenly plunges, it helps to have a well-oiled machinery of state that can quickly step in.

  另外一个因素是法国政府，当私人需求骤跌时，政府有一个有效的机制可以迅速介入。

• But it faces steeper challenges than the punchy Mr Dimon or his well-oiled PR machine CARES to admit.

  然而，它却面临更加严峻的挑战，连戴蒙以及他动力十足的公关机器都不能确定有多严峻。

• His recent films, 「Match Point」 and 「Vicky Cristina Barcelona」, may be slight, but the plots are well-oiled and the acting perfect.

  他最近的影片《赛末点》与《午夜巴塞罗那》也许还稍有原先的风格，但情节已经很明晰，演员的表演也堪称完美。

• It took a combination of the well-oiled Apple marketing machine, a beautiful product and a passionate user base.

  iPod能够成功归功于苹果公司高效（well-oiled）的市场机器、它本身的漂亮外观和充满热情的用户基础的组合。

• But Ms Yingluck「s victory also has a lot to do with her pedigree as the younger sister of the former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, whose well-oiled political machinery she inherited.

  然而英禄的胜利里也有其家族的很大功劳，作为前任总理他信·西那瓦的妹妹，她继承了哥哥运作优异的政治系统。

• But I also knew I couldn」t play that card too often, lest the Greek chorus conclude that my well-oiled life left no room for love.

  不过我也清楚这张牌不能用得太勤，以免希腊戏剧里的合唱团总结到，她的生活太圆满，没有空间留给爱。

• Then, two days later, the well-oiled boys from Jersey Shore appeared on the cover of the Village Voice’s Queer Issue.

  接着，在两天之后，「泽西海岸」的正常男孩登上《村声》杂志同志主题专刊的封面。

• All in all, creating a well-oiled development environment that accelerates, rather than hinders, project performance is a science unto itself.

  总而言之，创建一个良好的开发环境能够加速而不是妨碍项目的实现。

• Another factor is the French government. When private demand suddenly plunges, it helps to have a well-oiled machinery of state that can quickly step in.

  另外一个因素是法国政府，当私人需求骤跌时，政府有一个有效的机制可以迅速介入。

• Markets are not a well-oiled machine: they are a constantly changing, adaptive biological system.

  市场不是一架润滑良好的机器，而是一个不断变化与适应的生物系统。

• You then sift out the pips, skins, stalks etc and further reduce the puree, before pouring it into well-oiled trays for drying.

  滤出果核、果皮、茎干等，进一步提炼糊糊，然后倒入光滑的托盘里等待干燥。

• Others argue that even if values look high compared with elsewhere, this only reflects the strength of a well-oiled economy running at full throttle.

  其他一些分析家认为就算和别的地区相比，该地区的市价的确较高，那也只是反映了运转良好的石油经济正在全速前进而已。

• The place hums . It runs like a well-oiled machine , and customers love it .

  这里生意兴隆，就像一台上好的机器运转顺利，深受顾客欢迎。

• Mr Obama has incorporated the well-oiled machine that helped to elect him two years ago into the Democratic National Committee, which co-ordinates the party's mid-term campaign.

  奥巴马先生很好的融入了这个运转良好的团体并且在其帮助下于两年前加入了协调民主党进行中期选举竞选活动的民主党全国委员会。

• Accompanying him also were the smells of chewing tobacco, well-oiled leather and horses-a combination of odors that she always associated with her father and instinctively liked in other men.

  他身上还散发着咀嚼烟草和擦过油的皮革以及马汗的气味——这是一股各种味道的混杂，她经常把它同父亲联系起来，以致在别人身上闻到时也本能地喜欢。

• Opening image: A glorious well-oiled angel riding on a winged unicorn.

  开场图片：一个辉煌的醉酒天使骑在长翅膀的独角兽上。

• They have a well-oiled system and play a very good football.

  他们有一个运转良好的体系，踢的场面也好看。

• While the Rockets looked promising but unfinished Thursday night, the Magic looked like a well-oiled machine ready to start the regular season.

  相对于火箭队看上去有前景但不完整的周四晚上的比赛，魔术队看上去就好像是打好了油的机器一样，已经做好了踏上常规赛征程的準备。

• Wearing a long, bright yellow frock and two well-oiled plaits, she was silently doing her chores in a village home when I first saw her.

  我第一次见她时，她穿着亮黄色的长袍，扎两条整齐的长辫，安静地在一个村民的家里做家务。

• And so their remarkably well-oiled machine of pr firms, powerful American politicians (all handsomely paid for services rendered) and other pressure groups is now at it again.

  所以他们表现出色的公共关系企业、有力美国政客(他们为所采取行动提供大量资金支持)和其他相关组织组成的强大机器现在又开始运作了。