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单词 toss up
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toss up

phrasal verbwithtossverb
uk
/tɒs/us
/tɑːs/
UK
tothrowacoinup into theairandguesswhichsidewilllandfacingup, as a way of making adecision:
掷硬币决定
Let'stossup toseewho goes first.让我们通过掷硬币决定谁先来。
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  • fish
  • fix
  • if/when it comes to the crunchidiom
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toss-up
noun[C]
informal
uk
/ˈtɒs.ʌp/us
/ˈtɑːs.ʌp/
If youdescribeasituationas a toss-up, youmeanthat either of twopossibilitiesisequallylikely:
机会均等，同样可能
It'satoss-upbetweenAngela and Moira for the editor'sjob.安杰拉和莫伊拉谁能得到编辑职位还难见分晓。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Decisions and deciding
  • ascription
  • balance
  • be make or break forsomeone/somethingidiom
  • be on the horns of a dilemmaidiom
  • choose
  • clinch
  • fight
  • fish
  • fix
  • if/when it comes to the crunchidiom
  • in the balanceidiom
  • judgment call
  • judicial review
  • make or breaksomethingidiom
  • resolution
  • top-down
  • unadjudicated
  • unelected
  • volition
  • volitional
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(Definition oftoss upfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

toss-up| American Dictionary

toss-up
noun[C]
us
/ˈtɔsˌʌp/
asituationin which twopossibilitiesareequallylikely:
It was a toss-up who wouldwin,rightto the end of thegame.
(Definition oftoss-upfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftoss up

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But if the literatures on both sides develop equally and symmetrically, then it is atoss-up.
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In this regard, the notion that the outcome of the fight was a 'toss-up' is a conservative finding.
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If not, is the result atoss-up?
From theCambridge English Corpus
Is it not almost atoss-upwhen it is a borderline case?
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I do not accept that it is atoss-upwhether a court decides to make a fit person order or an approved school order.
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It is atoss-upwhether that change is going to be better or worse for the civil servant.
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It is atoss-upas to whose suitcase comes out first.
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It was almost the question of atoss-upwhat men the tribunal would leave them and what men would be taken.
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Supposing that the 5,000-ton ship becomes the battleship, it then becomes a meretoss-upwhether air power cannot sink that 5,000-ton ship.
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In many cases it is atoss-upwhether a child is committed to the care of a local authority as a fit person or is committed to an approved school.
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He is asked to decide whether road or traffic conditions require it, or whether the roads are busy or narrow, and it is atoss-upone way or the other.
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If it is a medicaltoss-upas to what caused this degeneration of the blood vessels my constituent has a right to have the coin come down his way up.
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It is atoss-upbetween them.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It may mean something to the public, who may be misled or misunderstand what it means, but the criminal element knows exactly what "life sentence" means—atoss-up.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
For a normal,toss-upquestion, a team that buzzes in and answers correctly gains two points and a bonus question.
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