musical chairs

当音乐停止时
常用释义
乐队椅子游戏:一种儿童游戏,参与者在音乐播放时绕着一排椅子走,当音乐停止时,他们必须尽快找到并坐下。每轮游戏中,都会减少一个椅子,最后一个坐下的人获胜。

例句

1·It was musical chairs. Creative people would switch jobs just to get more money.

像抢椅子游戏,有创意的人为挣更多的钱而不断跳槽。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Like every bubble, this is a game of musical chairs.

就像每次泡沫一样,现在是僧多粥少。

3·Our company played musical chairs again, and I was the one left seatless.

我们公司又玩抢椅子游戏了,而我成了最左边那个没有椅子的人。

4·Every day editorial rooms clatter with the sound of musical chairs and broken egos.

每天,编辑室都会充满椅子碰撞声,自尊被打碎的叹息声。

5·For Gregory's birthday, we invited his classmates over and taught them to play musical chairs.

格雷戈里过生日的时候,我们邀请了他的同学过来,教他们玩音乐椅。

6·Shops have changed places in a version of musical chairs,leaving empty storefronts in their wake.

商店的位置走马灯似的换着,留下一些空店面等待利用。

7·Musical chairs... leggy nurses play morbid tunes on violins while guests get stuck in to their food.

音乐椅…客人狼吞虎咽的时候,长腿护士用小提琴奏起病态的曲调为他们伴奏。

8·Have a game day where you play favorite childhood games like pin the tail on the donkey or musical chairs.

花一天的时间玩小时候最爱的游戏,比如贴驴子尾巴或抢椅游戏。

9·The planets will be playing musical chairs this month, with Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars changing signs.

这个月行星们将进行抢座位的游戏,伴随着天王星、木星、火星的改变迹象。

10·Play Musical Chairs at Meetings – Break out of the foolish grade school habit of continually sitting in the same seat.

在会议室摆放音乐椅 – 打破愚蠢的连续坐在同个地方的高中习惯。