英語習語諺語成語用法精粹 宗教神話類3-40 hide one’s light under a bushel

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【字面理解】將燈藏在斗底下

【英文解析】not to let people know that one is good at some-thing

【中文解析】不顯露才能;不露鋒芒

【典型例句】① We didn’t know you could play the guitar! You’ve been hiding your light under a bushel all this time! 我們以前不知道你會彈吉他，你一直深藏不露啊!

② Hide not your light under a bushel.莫藏才不露(勿謙虛 過度)。

【注釋】源自《圣經(jīng)?馬太福音》第5章第15節(jié)人點 燈，不放在斗底下，是放在燈臺上，就照亮一家的人。” (No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lanq stand，and it gives light to all in the house. Matthew 5:15)