1.〈非正式〉壁花
2.【植】桂竹香
1.<informal>a shy or retiring person who remains unnoticed at social events, especially a woman without a dance partner
2.[Plant]a plant with yellow, orange, or red flowers and a pleasant smell
1.I tried not to be a wallflower at the party because I wanted to meet people, but it's so hard for me to talk to people I don't know.
我尝试过不要当舞会上的“壁花”小姐,因为我想结交多一些人,但是对我来说,和不认识的人交谈真是比登天还难。
2.If you boss is looking for someone to run a meeting or to take notes don't be a wallflower and let someone else get the glory.
如果你的老板正在找人筹备一次会议或者做记录,不要做一名局外人和让他人获得荣光。
3.Since joining it in 2001, China has mostly been a wallflower, responding to more than three times as many dispute cases as it has brought.
自2001年加入WTO以来,中国大多扮演“局外人”角色,应诉的案件比自己提交的案件多出两倍多。
4.She didn't like being a wallflower so she walked up to a young man who was also sitting alone and invited him to dance.
她不喜欢做壁花,所以她走向一位独自坐着的年轻人,并邀他共舞。
5.No, not on a timeout facing the wall, or looking like a scared little wallflower - but sitting at the end of the bar.
不,不超时就面临墙还是有点害怕的样子桂竹但坐在酒吧结束。
6.I'm not sure I'll be going to the party tonight. All the good men are taken and I'll just be a wallflower again.
我还没有决定要不要去今晚的聚会。好男生都被人抢走了,我又只能当壁花小姐了。
7.Rose: Don't be a wallflower. Let me go get Ivy. She'll dance with you. Hey, Ivy, do you want to dance with Billy?
玫瑰:别当壁花。我去找艾薇。她会跟你一起跳。嗨,艾薇,妳要和比利跳舞吗?
8.This insurance company is just a wallflower to me.
我对这家保险公司毫无兴趣。
9.Yet when it comes to her job, she's hardly a wallflower - one colleague describes her as a "proactive career woman" .
然而在工作中,王昕并不是一个安静的人,一名同事将王昕称作“积极的职业女性”。
10.Living it up! Sitting there like a teen-aged wallflower at a country hop .
坐在那儿,就像是乡村舞会上一个十几岁的墙花;