He has an axe to grind.

Everyone knows Mr Brown is a man with an axe to grind.

大家都知道布朗先生是一个城府极深的人。

He clearly has an axe to grind, but he may be getting ready to slice off his own hands.

很明显，他手中挥舞着板斧，说不定他已经拥有了斩断自己双手的觉悟。

Justin: I have an axe to grind with him.

贾斯汀：我要去找他理论。

Tim certainly has an axe to grind now that his salary has been reduced.

蒂姆当然是别有企图的，他刚被降了工资。

Like all politicians, he says he wants to do good for people, but I think he has an axe to grind.

象所有的政客一样，他说他要为人民做好事，可是我疑心他另有个人的打算。

Bob had an axe to grind at tom's expense.

鲍勃以牺牲汤姆的利益来满足其私心。

When Peter told the teacher that he saw Tom copying his homework form Jane, he had an axe to grind, for Tom would not let Peter copy from him.

彼得向老师报告，说汤姆抄袭简的作业；他这样做是别有用心，因为汤姆不让彼得抄他的。

Don't be naive.She obviously has an axe to grind.

别天真了。她是另有目的。

Conversely, anyone with an axe to grind against the global economy looks like a seer willing to speak truth to power, no matter how outlandish his assertions.

在另一方面，任何反对全球经济的人看上去都像是一个预言家，愿意向权势说真话，而无论其主张有多么荒唐。

A cunning psychopath with more than an axe to grind murders the kindly mailman in a small, placid suburban town.

一个宁静的海滨郊区小镇，狡猾的精神病患者用斧头将一位好心的邮递员残忍的杀害。

A name was chiselled into the stone.

石头上刻着一个人名。

They sit and chisel the stone to size.

他们坐下来把石头凿成合适的大小。

She was chiselling some marble.

她在雕刻一些大理石。

She lay back again and stuck the chisel in her mouth.

她又躺了下来,把凿子塞进嘴里.

He won't allow anyone to chisel in on his profits.

他不允许任何人染指他的利润.

They chiseled him out of hundreds of dollars.

他们骗了他几百元钱。

Both high current account surplus and deficit are extremely unfavorable to the healthy development of every country.

经常账户无论是巨额顺差还是巨额赤字都对各国经济的健康发展极为不利。

Therefore, the growth of vegetation is extremely unfavorable.

因此，对植被的生长极为不利。

In the long run, it is extremely unfavorable to reduce the differentials between city and countryside progressively.

从长远来看，对逐步缩小城乡差别也是极为不利的。

This situation is extremely unfavorable to improving the quality of student language.

这种现状极不利于学生语文素质的提高。