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单词 cut and dried
释义
cut and dried
adjective
uk
/ˌkʌt ən ˈdraɪd/us
/ˌkʌt ən ˈdraɪd/
alreadydecidedandunlikelyto bechanged:
决定的；固定的；已成定局的
We need a cut-and-drieddecisionby the end of theweek.到这周末我们得把这事彻底定下来。
simpleandeasytounderstand:
简单的，易于理解的
Mostfireinvestigationsareprettycut and dried, but this one hasleftmorequestionsthananswers.大部分的火灾调查都很简单，但是这一次的却有很多问题还无法回答。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Certainty
  • (as) clear as dayidiom
  • (as) sure as eggs is eggsidiom
  • and that's flat!idiom
  • assured
  • assuredly
  • deffo
  • definite
  • definitely
  • definitive
  • definitively
  • nailsomethingon
  • nailed on
  • natch
  • not miss a beatidiom
  • not miss/skip a beatidiom
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  • squarely
  • watertight
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(Definition ofcut and driedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

cut-and-dried| American Dictionary

cut-and-dried
adjective
us/ˈkʌt·ənˈdrɑɪd/
(alsocut-and-dry,us/ˈkʌt·ənˈdrɑɪ/)
clearandsimpleandremovinganyfurtheruncertaintyordifficulty:
Unfortunately, there is no cut-and-driedanswerto theproblemofimmigration.
(Definition ofcut-and-driedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcut and dried

cut and dried
The fact that the physician's duty is fairlycutanddrieddoes not mean that it should receive a sort of constitutional primacy.
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Certainly, these are difficult questions which do not havecutanddriedanswers.
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We are not dealing with something that iscutanddriedor traditional.
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It is not easy to make an absolutelycutanddriedpicture of the way in which it will work.
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The procedure in another place iscutanddriedand very specific.
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Everything must becutanddried: we must know exactly what this or that soldier will do when we go to war.
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Our original amendment on indexation wascutanddried.
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I cannot pretend at this stage to havecutanddriedanswers on all the points connected with the future of the museum.
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He should not present councils with a fait accompli, and acutanddried, take-it-or-leave-it decision.
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It is impossible to do it in the form ofcutanddriedtargets.
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That is far from beingcutanddried.
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That is why we are not today advancingcutanddriedconclusions on anything except the overall approach.
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I do not believe that the question iscutanddried.
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There is nocutanddried, short-term solution.
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There are nocutanddriedrules, and that leaves employers and employees vulnerable.
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