winter of discontent

/ˌwɪntər əv ˌdɪskənˈtent/

a phrase first used by some British newspapers and politicians to describe the winter of 1978-9 in Britain, when there were many strikes and economic problems. The phrase was taken from the opening lines of Shakespeare's play Richard III. It was used to suggest that people were not happy with the way the Labour government was running the country. The same phrase is now used to refer to any difficult political situation that occurs during the months of winter不满的冬天：一些英国报纸和政界人士最初用这个词来形容1978-9年英国的冬天，当时发生了许多罢工和经济问题。这句话是从莎士比亚的戏剧《理查德三世》的开头开始的。它曾经被用来暗示人们对工党执政的方式不满意。现在，使用同一短语来指代冬季几个月中发生的任何困难的政治局势
- The problems in the power industry led to another winter of discontent.电力行业的问题导致了又一个不满的冬天。

词汇	winter of discontent
释义	winter of discontent /ˌwɪntər əv ˌdɪskənˈtent/ /ˌwɪntər əv ˌdɪskənˈtent/ a phrase first used by some British newspapers and politicians to describe the winter of 1978-9 in Britain, when there were many strikes and economic problems. The phrase was taken from the opening lines of Shakespeare's play Richard III. It was used to suggest that people were not happy with the way the Labour government was running the country. The same phrase is now used to refer to any difficult political situation that occurs during the months of winter不满的冬天：一些英国报纸和政界人士最初用这个词来形容1978-9年英国的冬天，当时发生了许多罢工和经济问题。这句话是从莎士比亚的戏剧《理查德三世》的开头开始的。它曾经被用来暗示人们对工党执政的方式不满意。现在，使用同一短语来指代冬季几个月中发生的任何困难的政治局势 The problems in the power industry led to another winter of discontent.电力行业的问题导致了又一个不满的冬天。
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