hiding
n. 躲藏,隐匿; <口>殴打
If someone is in hiding, they have secretly gone somewhere where they cannot be seen or found.
Gray is thought to be in hiding near the France/Italy border...
他们认为格雷藏在法国和意大利边境附近。
Hundreds of people are said to have gone into hiding to avoid arrest...
据说有几百人为躲避逮捕而藏了起来。
If you give someone a hiding, you punish them by hitting them many times.
If you say that someone who is trying to achieve something is on a hiding to nothing, you are emphasizing that they have absolutely no chance of being successful.
As regards commercial survival, a car manufacturer capable of making only 50,000 cars a year is on a hiding to nothing.
谈到商业生存,一个年产只有5万辆的汽车制造厂家是毫无成功希望的。
1. the activity of keeping something secret
be on a hiding to nothing
(英)不可能成功;即使成功也无多大优势
After the car had passed by they came out of hiding.
车子开过后,他们从藏身的地方走了出来.
The police blocked off the street where the gunman was hiding.
警察封锁了持枪歹徒躲藏的那条街.
Detectives leading the hunt for the killer believe he may be in hiding.
指挥追捕的侦探认为杀人凶手可能躲起来了.
Aha, so it's you hiding here.
啊哈, 是你藏在这儿.
The Government is on a hiding to nothing in these elections.
本届政府在这些选举中毫无希望.