axe-grinding

基本解释

• 心中别有企图的

同根派生

英汉例句

• She's only doing it out of kindness she's got no particular axe to grind.
  她只是出於好心--倒不是别有用心。
• A lot of people in shipbuilding will get the axe.
  造船业的很多人将被解雇。
• The axe sliced through the wood.
  斧头一下子把木头劈开了。
• He gathered all his strength and swung the axe.
  他用尽全力抡起斧头。
• He struck off the rotten branches with an axe.
  他用斧头砍掉了朽烂的树枝。