众所周知,交通信号灯(traffic lights/ traffic signals)有“红灯停,绿灯行(The green light allows traffic to proceed. The red signal prohibits any traffic from proceeding.)”之说。
“开绿灯”指交通路口翻开答应行人车辆经过的信号(give the go-ahead signal,give the green light),后多用于比方“答应某事(allow someone to do something or something to happen)”,或“提供方便条件(make easier for)”。
例句:
官僚主义总是为糜烂大开绿灯。
Bureaucracy always gives the green light to corruption.
咱们永久不会给赌博开绿灯。
We'll never give the green light to gambling.
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