合成形容詞 “half-baked” 的本意是 “半熟的,沒烤熟的”。人們用這個(gè)和烘焙有關(guān)的詞語來比喻計(jì)劃、想法、理論等 “不完善、不成熟” 或 “考慮得不周全”。注意,“half-baked” 多用來表示反對(duì)或不贊成一個(gè)不切實(shí)際的想法。
例句
I think you need to think more deeply about your business plans. You just have a half-baked idea at present.
我認(rèn)為你需要更深入地考慮你的商業(yè)計(jì)劃。你現(xiàn)在只是有一個(gè)不成熟的想法。
The school has come up with a half-baked scheme to have students mark their own homework.
這所學(xué)校想出了一個(gè)草率的方案——讓學(xué)生們自己批改作業(yè)。
I still think my idea is half-baked so I’m going to take a bit more time to think it through before I pitch it to the boss.
我覺得我的想法還是不太成熟,所以我要花點(diǎn)時(shí)間仔細(xì)想想,再向上司提出這個(gè)想法。