抛砖引玉的意思（一课译词：抛砖引玉）
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“抛砖引玉”，汉语成语，字面意思是“throw away a brick in order to get a gem”，用来比喻用自己不成熟的意见引出别人更好的意见（offer a few commonplace remarks by way of introduction in the hope that others may come up with valuable opinions），是一种表示自谦的说法（a polite expression）。
例句：
我来说几句，算是抛砖引玉吧。Let me say a few words, just to set the ball rolling.
这篇文章旨在抛砖引玉，引起大家对该问题的进一步讨论。This article intends to start further discussion on this issue.
