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

• 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。
• Don't make me out as an object lesson.
  别拿我开刀。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• The eurozone offers an object lesson in how not to respond to a systemic crisis.
  欧元区就应对系统性危机时的禁忌行为，提供了一堂实物教学课。
• An object lesson in how to destabilise a competitor: launch a hostile bid when it is attempting an orderly sale of assets to pay down debt.
  这是如何扰乱竞争对手稳定性的样板：当竞争对手试图通过有序出售资产来偿还债务时，发动敌意收购。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。