| 单词 | hold all the cards |
| 释义 | hold all the cardshold all the cards to have all the advantages in a situation in which people are competing or arguing 占绝对上风，占尽优势 ‘There’s not much we can do. They seem to hold all the cards, ’ said Dan gloomily. “我们没什么办法了，他们好像已经占了绝对优势。”丹沮丧地说。 Examples from the Corpus hold all the cards• In areas such as research, larger well-financed firms hold all the cards.• Politically, the logging industry holds all the cards.• Men still held all the cards.• Nowhere else does the evolutionary battle take place in an arena where, in effect, one player holds all the cards.• He held all the cards and it would be an upset if he lost.• It seemed that he held all the cards and that there was nothing she could do but say 'yes'.• But it just seemed that he held all the cards, he made all the decisions.• Ross did hold all the cards, she acknowledged bitterly. → hold all the cards at hold1(11) |
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