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chapter and verse
1. 一段《圣经》引文的确实出处
2. (一句话、一种信念等的)确切依据
You must give us chapter and verse for your charge that he has taken bribes. 你必须对指控他受贿一事向我们提供确切依据。
3. 详细的情况(或资料)
give chapter and verse for what was already known in general terms 对已经大体上知道的事提供详情细节
4. 精确地；详尽地
He repeated chapter and verse the ideas his colleague had advanced. 他把同事原先提出的意见逐字逐句重复了一遍。
The manager explained, chapter and verse, what we were to do. 经理详尽说明了我们应该怎么办。
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