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单词 in broad daylight
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in broad daylight

idiom
If acrimeiscommittedinbroaddaylight, ithappensduring theday, when it could have beenseenandprevented:
大白天；光天化日之下
Thieves hadbrokeninto thehouseinbroaddaylight.小偷在光天化日之下闯入这栋房子。
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(Definition ofin broad daylightfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

in broad daylight| American Dictionary

in broad daylight

idiom
when anyone couldseewhat ishappening:
We neverexpectedcoyotesto come intoouryardin broaddaylight.
(Definition ofin broad daylightfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofin broad daylight

in broad daylight
A large posse of men gathers at a particular site and then goes directly to the residence of the chosen woman, sometimesinbroaddaylightand sometimes at night.
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Other people told us about the speed of the inundation and of their terror at seeing the sea advance to their homesinbroaddaylight.
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Everybody knows that it is dangerous to go out on the streetsinbroaddaylight, let alone at night.
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It is extremely difficult when drivinginbroaddaylightsuddenly to go into a fog wall—one is simply asking for disaster then.
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This shipwreck took place shortly after nine o'clock in the morning,inbroaddaylight.
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These accidents happened with the situation as it is andinbroaddaylight.
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At the moment, the law assesses reasonable force, but it is not the law under threat, whetherinbroaddaylightor at dead of night.
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Many of those attacks occurinbroaddaylight.
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There was perfectly good visibility,inbroaddaylight.
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The prisoner and two other men with a horse and cart were found plundering an apple orchard in a lonely villageinbroaddaylight.
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He continuedinbroaddaylightto sail toward the rocks.
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The result is that eveninbroaddaylightit is a fairly bold person who goes along that so-called footpath.
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Once, crimes were committed by stealth, but now law and order are challengedinbroaddaylight.
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They stripped it of everything they could get, and walked awayinbroaddaylight.
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Of the 50 rioters arrestedinbroaddaylight, the police released 49 immediately.
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