| 单词 | on the back of an envelope |
| 释义 | on the back of an envelopein ahurriedway, without muchdetail: 匆忙地；粗略地Thepriceswere veryroughlycalculated- itlookedas though he'd done them on the back of anenvelope.计算出的价格不很精确——看上去似乎他只是粗略算了一下。 Hurrying and doing things quickly
Examplesofon the back of an envelopeon the back of an envelope Drawingonthebackofanenvelope: a framework for interacting with application programs by freehand drawing. From theCambridge English Corpus Programs should be read as well as written, oftenonthebackofanenvelope. From theCambridge English Corpus From simple sumsonthebackofanenvelope, assuming a minimum average of £110 a week, a total of £124 million is necessary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The figure of 1,500 seems to have been scribbledonthebackofanenvelopeand it cannot be justified by any serious research. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For example, a scribbled figureonthebackofanenvelopewould fulfil the intention behind the amendment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have made the calculationonthebackofanenvelope: the figure is almost 2 million dissatisfied customers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps it is being doneonthebackofanenvelope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are extremely worried about that proposal, which was no doubt drawn uponthebackofanenvelope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That appraisal was not worked outonthebackofanenvelope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no doubt that the announcement was scribbledonthebackofanenvelope, and in a hurry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has written some half-thought-out ideasonthebackofanenvelope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I started to add them uponthebackofanenvelopeand on my calculator. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not producing arguments which have been dreamed up, as it were,onthebackofanenvelopeduring the course of this debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot do thisonthebackofanenvelope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are forecasts that have been writtenonthebackofanenvelope, and they are not worth the paper on which they are written. 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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