a hostage to fortune

RISKsomething that you have promised to do that may cause you problems in the future 可能招致后患的承诺

Examples from the Corpus

a hostage to fortune• Senior Tories who dismissed the tax guarantee as a hostage to fortune will feel vindicated by Mr Hague's backdown.• But this development of local state institutions can be a hostage to fortune.• Making objectives explicit is a hostage to fortune and the failure to do so may reflect a shrewd awareness. 2.

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单词	a hostage to fortune
释义	a hostage to fortune a hostage to fortune RISKsomething that you have promised to do that may cause you problems in the future 可能招致后患的承诺 Examples from the Corpus a hostage to fortune• Senior Tories who dismissed the tax guarantee as a hostage to fortune will feel vindicated by Mr Hague's backdown.• But this development of local state institutions can be a hostage to fortune.• Making objectives explicit is a hostage to fortune and the failure to do so may reflect a shrewd awareness. 2. → a hostage to fortune at hostage(2)
随便看	forcer force/ram/shove something down somebody's throat for certain forces force sb hand force sb on the defensive force somebody on the defensive force somebody's hand force something back force something down force something down somebody's throat force something on somebody force something on/upon somebody force something upon somebody force something ↔ back force something ↔ down force something ↔ out of somebody force sth back force sth down force sth down sb throat force sth on sb force sth upon sb force the issue force the pace force upon