straw in the wind

常见例句

A recent ruling in Europe may prove a straw in the wind.
欧洲最新的一项裁决或许就是一个预兆。
The workers's non-cooperation is a straw in the wind that might indicate widespread industrial strife to come.
工人们的不协作态度，则是可能表明大规模的工业竞争到来的迹象。
A straw in the wind here is the administration-to-be's attitude to NASA, America's space agency.
从即将上台的奥巴马政府对美国国家航空航天局（NASA）的态度可以看出这种迹象。

Another straw in the wind is the difficult progress of some regional trade agreements.
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In this connection, its decision with respect to restoring grant security assistance to Ankara will be a critical straw in the wind.
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Such a study is, of course, but a straw in the wind.
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