• n. 陷阱，圈套；缺陷；诱惑

pit,深坑，fall,掉落。引申词义陷阱。

pitfall (n.)

c. 1300, "concealed hole," a type of animal trap, from pit (n.1) + fall (n.). Extended sense of "any hidden danger" is first recorded early 15c.

1. The wolf was caught in a pitfall.

那只狼是利用陷阱捉到的.

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2. The pitfall is that the results will be difficult to interpret.

困难在于试验的结果将是难以解释的.

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3. The pitfall is the trappings of success can catch you off guard.

陷阱就是,成功的表象来袭时,你可能猝不及防.

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4. The biggest potential pitfall may not be technical but budgetary.

最大的潜在陷阱可能不是技术问题,而是预算.

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5. Economy the poor man's mints; extravagance the rich man's pitfall.

节约是穷人的造币厂, 浪费是富人的陷阱.

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