汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 来龙去脉
来龙去脉 (來龍去脈)
the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) / (fig.) the whole sequence of events / causes and effects
This refers to the trend and whereabouts of the mountains / Now compare the cause and effect of an event
本指山脉的走势和去向。现比喻一件事的前因后果。
() lái () lóng () mài
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

接着,事情的来龙去脉被和盘托出。

The whole story then came pouring out.

我无意深入调查这一情况的来龙去脉

I had no intention of going into the whys and the wherefores of the situation.

她把事情的来龙去脉都告诉了我。

She told me the whole story from soup to nuts.

他们坚持要求说明事情的整个来龙去脉

They insisted upon being given every detail of the case.

那就给你们说点来龙去脉,那次股灾确实相当惊人。

So, just to give you a little bit of context, the crash was really an extraordinary event.

要摸清那些诡谲多变的股票、债券和商品交易的来龙去脉

Learn the ins and outs of savvy stock, bond and commodities trading.

汤姆说他可以告诉大家事情的来龙去脉,于是他就说了。

Tom said he could furnish it, and he did.

当整件事完全呈现在你眼前,或者有人跟你说这件事的来龙去脉之后,你就会恍然大悟了。

Once everything comes out or you are told exactly what is going on it all seems to come together.