| 单词 | make or break something |
| 释义 | make or breaksomethingto make something asuccessor afailure: Recognition by thisorganizationcan make orbreakacareer. Decisions and deciding
make-or-break adjective uk/ˌmeɪk.ɔːˈbreɪk/us/ˌmeɪk.ɔːrˈbreɪk/A make-or-breaksituationwillbringgreatsuccessorcompletefailure. Turning points & deciding moments
make or break something| American Dictionarymake or breaksomethingtocausesomething tosucceedorfail: She has thepowerto make orbreakyourcareer. make-or-break| Business Englishmake-or-break adjective ukus(alsomake or break)used todescribeadecision,event, orperiodoftimethat is veryimportantbecause it can make somethingsucceedorfailcompletely: Christmasis oftena make-or-breaktimeforsmallerretailers. Aspokesmanfor theuniondescribedtheforthcomingpaytalksas "make orbreak". amake-or-breakdecision/deal/issue make-or-breakmeetings/talks/negotiations Eachinterviewthat youattendis amake-or-breaksituation. Examplesofmake or break somethingmake or break something Voluntary choice is important but does not plausibly have themake-or-breaksignificance that soft paternalism attaches to it. From theCambridge English Corpus If cuts and restrictions to save the industry were being presented now as amake-or-breakdeal, the industry would accept them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For a bishop to be accused of stealing a milk bottle is themake-or-breakmoment for that man's career. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It appears to me that the country is now in amake-or-breaksituation as far as concerns the coal industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These are the crucialmake-or-breaknegotiations, and it might be of value if we looked at them for a moment in some little detail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are approaching amake-or-breakperiod for the structural fund programmes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not talking about onemake-or-breaknegotiating session. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not make this or any other issue amake-or-breakissue for the agreement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On any test, this is amake-or-breakstatement for public services. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Today's meeting is not themake-or-breakevent described in some sections of the media. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not amake-or-breakevent, but part of a series. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would hope that in time we would begin to move to a system which avoided thesemake-or-breakexaminations and made continuing assessments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was put to us that this could be amake-or-breaksituation for a small firm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not monumental, and they do not make amake-or-breakdifference to bus operators. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The problems are much greater and, this time, everybody has to think through for the future before they take decisions, because it is amake-or-breaksituation. 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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