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单词 touch-and-go
释义
touch-and-go
adjective
informal
uk
/ˌtʌtʃ.ənˈɡəʊ/us
/ˌtʌtʃ.ənˈɡoʊ/
C2
If asituationis touch-and-go, it isuncertain:
（形势）不确定的
Thedoctorsays that it's touch-and-gowhetherMary will beokay.医生说玛丽能否挺过去还很难说。
Synonyms
parlousformal
precarious
Compare
perilousformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Uncertainty
  • amorphous
  • arguable
  • be neither fish nor fowlidiom
  • blurred
  • blurry
  • circumstantial
  • conflicted
  • dodgy
  • indeterminate
  • insecurely
  • insecurity
  • it remains to be seenidiom
  • it's early daysidiom
  • slippery
  • spec
  • sputter
  • squishy
  • stutter
  • swither
  • unwritten
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(Definition oftouch-and-gofrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

touch-and-go| American Dictionary

touch-and-go
adjective
us
/ˈtʌtʃ·ənˈɡoʊ/
having anuncertain, andpossiblybadresult:
At onepoint, theoperationwas touch-and-go.
(Definition oftouch-and-gofrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftouch-and-go

touch-and-go
It was not until his second season that he reached his intended area of operations, and even then it wastouch-and-go.
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They know perfectly well that it wastouch-and-gowhether the unemployed were to receive anything at all.
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That man's life wastouch-and-gofor some weeks.
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It wastouch-and-gothis time, and if the situation is mishandled we shall be in a muddle over the most vital food crop that the country can produce.
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It wastouch-and-gowho would win.
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It was reallytouch-and-goat one point whether he'd survive or not because he was totally depleted.
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It was used for emergency and fortouch-and-golandings as part of the pilot training school.
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Each aircraft makes multipletouch-and-golandings during these training events.
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The long runway makes the facility well-suited fortouch-and-golanding practice maneuvers.
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It was used to help train medium bomber and transport pilots, who used it for emergencies on it or practicedtouch-and-golandings.
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There was no public access to the airfield by land and it served as a remote area fortouch-and-gotraining.
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The pilot then turns on the last leg, the final approach at which time clearance to land or for atouch-and-gomust be received.
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He was performingtouch-and-golandings, and on one touchdown the fuselage buckled.
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It was primarily used fortouch-and-goflying.
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The base was closed at the end of 1969, although the military still intermittently uses the airport for training purposes, such astouch-and-golandings of tankers and cargo aircraft.
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