Russian roulette

英 [ˌrʌʃn ruːˈlet] 美 [ˌrʌʃn ruːˈlet]

n.  俄罗斯轮盘赌(危险游戏,参加者用装有一发子弹的转轮手枪对准自己头部射击)



牛津词典

noun

  1. 俄罗斯轮盘赌(危险游戏,参加者用装有一发子弹的转轮手枪对准自己头部射击)
    a dangerous game in which a person shoots at their own head with a gun that contains a bullet in only one of its chambers, so that the person does not know if the gun will fire or not
    1. The airline was accused of playing Russian roulette with passenger safety.
      这家航空公司被指责将乘客安全当儿戏。

柯林斯词典

  1. N-UNCOUNT 玩命的行为
    If you say that someone is playing Russian roulette, or that what they are doing is like playing Russian roulette, you mean that what they are doing is very dangerous because it involves unpredictable risks.
    1. You are playing Russian roulette every time you have unprotected sex.
      行房时不采取避孕措施是非常危险的。
  2. 俄罗斯轮盘赌
    If someone plays Russian roulette, they fire a gun with only one bullet at their head without knowing whether it will shoot them.

    双语例句

    1. You are playing Russian roulette every time you have unprotected sex.
      行房时不采取避孕措施是非常危险的。
    2. In the game of Russian Roulette last year that led to a US downgrade, the president played hardball and then changed his mind.
      去年那场“俄罗斯轮盘”游戏导致美国评级被调低,当时总统态度强硬但后来也改变了立场。
    3. I came up with it after I watched a movie about American soldiers who were fighting in Vietnam and were captured and forced to play Russian roulette.
      看了一部电影后想到的,电影里一些美国兵在越南打仗,被抓起来逼着玩俄罗斯轮盘。
    4. Food companies must stop playing Russian roulette with the countryside.
      食品公司必须停止使农村陷于险境的做法。
    5. Massive global corporations like Facebook, Google and Citigroup are just some of the firms responsible, asking about anything from table tennis strategies to Russian roulette and Subway sandwiches.
      最出名的社交网“脸谱网”以及“花旗集团”的考官们的考题已经让同学们“摸不着边际”了,比如:乒乓球战略、俄罗斯轮盘甚至地铁三明治等等。
    6. And left anyone in need of these medications to play Russian roulette with their life.
      他让所有需要这些药的人拿自己命来玩俄罗斯轮盘。
    7. Egerman is seduced by the Count's wife, Charlotte, the upshot of which being that he has to fight a Russian roulette duel with his rival.
      父亲艾格曼常常忽视妻子安妮,却被伯爵夫人引诱。最终,他必须以俄式轮盘的方式与情敌决一死战。
    8. I bet you somebody's playing Russian roulette in there.
      里面一定有人在玩俄罗斯轮盘。