hard-and-fast
adjective
us/ˈhɑrd·ənˈfæst/not to bechanged:
a hard-and-fastrule
| 单词 | hard-and-fast |
| 释义 | hard-and-fast adjective us/ˈhɑrd·ənˈfæst/not to bechanged: a hard-and-fastrule hard-and-fast| Business Englishhard-and-fast adjective (alsohard and fast)ukusdefiniteand not to bechanged,avoided, orignored: hard-and-fastdeadlines/plans/guidelines hard-and-fast evidence/facts/answersWithwhaleresearch, hard andfastfactsaredifficultto come by. There are nohard-and-fastrulesgoverningthesizeofcompaniesin theportfolio. Examplesofhard-and-fasthard-and-fast To recapitulate, the occurrence of middles in the present tense with a generic meaning is not ahard-and-fastconstraint. From theCambridge English Corpus The reason why nohard-and-fastrules can be found is simply that the distinctions in question are not clear-cut. From theCambridge English Corpus In some cases this is due to the fact that the observed differences in behaviour have been shown to be tendencies and, as such, cannot be captured inhard-and-fastrules. From theCambridge English Corpus Customs may grow rigid so that, instead of getting increasing integration we gethard-and-fastdividing lines. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is nohard-and-fastceiling set at two years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He thought that there should be nohard-and-fastlimit, but that there should be variations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is nohard-and-fastconclusion one way or the other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is nohard-and-fastline like this which can be drawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that anyhard-and-fastage rule is wise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am concerned about setting ahard-and-fastrule for a specified salary for all regional and district councillors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What they want is action, but not necessarilyhard-and-fastlegislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is worded in a veryhard-and-fastway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We did not try to set out anyhard-and-fastrules to be applied automatically everywhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Would it not be possible at the present juncture to abolish that rule, because it seems unreasonable to stick to such ahard-and-fastregulation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that there are many elements of doubt, but it is absurd to suggest that we can have ahard-and-fast, settled plan in advance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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