hiding
n. 躲藏,隱匿; <口>毆打
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...
他們認為格雷藏在法國和義大利邊境附近。
Hundreds of people are said to have gone into hiding to avoid arrest...
據說有幾百人為躲避逮捕而藏了起來。
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.
談到商業生存,一個年產只有5萬輛的汽車製造廠家是毫無成功希望的。
1. the activity of keeping something secret
be on a hiding to nothing
(英)不可能成功;即使成功也無多大優勢
After the car had passed by they came out of hiding.
車子開過後,他們從藏身的地方走了出來.
The police blocked off the street where the gunman was hiding.
警察封鎖了持槍歹徒躲藏的那條街.
Detectives leading the hunt for the killer believe he may be in hiding.
指揮追捕的偵探認為殺人兇手可能躲起來了.
Aha, so it's you hiding here.
啊哈, 是你藏在這兒.
The Government is on a hiding to nothing in these elections.
本屆政府在這些選舉中毫無希望.