to the wind(s) (或the four winds) in all directions 四面八方: my little flock scatters to the four winds. 我的一小群羊分散四方。 ■ so as to be abandoned or neglected 以便放弃(或忽略): I threw my friends' advice to the winds. 我把我朋友们的建议抛到了九霄云外。 [ORIGIN: from 'And fear of death deliver to the winds' (Milton's Paradise Lost).] |