1660s, originally in the figurative sense of what someone plans to make of his enemy, an alteration of earlier minced meat (1570s); from mince (v.) + meat (n.). Mince-pie is attested from c. 1600; as rhyming slang for "eye" it is attested from 1857.
双语例句
1. I can imagine a defence lawyer making mincemeat of him if we ever put him up in court.
要是我们让他出庭,我能够想象出辩护律师把他驳斥得体无完肤的情形。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The Prime Minister made mincemeat of his opponent's arguments.
首相把对方反对他的论点驳得体无完肤.
来自辞典例句
3. He was gobbling mincemeat, meat bone, bread and cheese, all at once.
他就把碎肉 、 肉骨头 、 面包和乳酪一古脑儿往嘴里塞.
来自辞典例句
4. Globo Gym's making mincemeat of the Las Vegas Police Department.
全球健身中心队对垒拉斯维加斯警察队.
来自电影对白
5. The enemy infantry were made mincemeat of by our artillery.