单词 | surefire |
释义 | surefiresure·fire /ˈʃɔːfaɪə $ ˈʃʊrfaɪr/ adjectiveadj [only before noun] informalEFFECTIVE certain to succeed 一定能成功的 Children soon learn that bad behaviour is a surefire way of getting attention. 儿童很快就知道,捣蛋准能引起注意。 a surefire recipe for success 万无一失的成功秘诀 Examples from the Corpus surefire• From this knowledge we hoped to develop a protocol that was much more surefire.• Thursday night's line-up includes such surefire attractions as 'The Simpsons' and 'Friends'.• Going on holiday with my parents would be a surefire recipe for disaster.• But the one surefire route to holiday hell is to have your credit cards stolen or used without your knowledge.• There's no surefire solution to the problem of improving the company's performance.• I know a surefire way to get a car started on a freezing winter morning. surefire recipe• Limitation on employment, property ownership and the right to vote were a surefire recipe for disaster in Northern Ireland.• Obviously, his appointment was a fix but the Homstat-Pybus partnership was seen as a surefire recipe for success. |
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