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单词 pull out all the stops
释义

pull out all the stops

1
make a very great effort to achieve something
全力以赴:

the director pulled out all the stops to meet the impossible deadline.

导演全力以赴来赶不可能达到的最后期限。

1.1
do something very elaborately or on a grand scale
做得很精彩, 做得很漂亮:

they gave a Christmas party and pulled out all the stops.

他们举办了一个圣诞晚会而且非常成功。

ORIGIN: with reference to the stops of an organ.

See main entry:stop

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