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单词 open-and-shut
释义
open-and-shut
adjective
uk
/ˌəʊ.pən.ənˈʃʌt/us
/ˌoʊ.pən.ənˈʃʌt/
An open-and-shutproblemorlegalmatteriseasytoproveoranswer:
（问题或案件）容易证明的，容易解决的
Ourlawyerthinksthat we have an open-and-shutcase.我们的律师认为我们的案子很容易解决。
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(Definition ofopen-and-shutfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

open-and-shut| American Dictionary

open-and-shut
adjective
us
/ˈoʊ·pə·nər/
easytoproveoranswer:
Ourlawyerthinksthat we have an open-and-shutcase.
(Definition ofopen-and-shutfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofopen-and-shut

open-and-shut
What has happened to the present commissioner would, in most employments, be anopen-and-shutcase of unfair, constructive dismissal.
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This is not one of the thoseopen-and-shutarguments.
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Like everything else in education, it is not anopen-and-shutcase.
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That could raise several questions—although not about the lifetime of the individual, which is a fairlyopen-and-shutand definitive matter.
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Theopen-and-shutpolicy has been terribly damaging to the market.
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To the layman, it must seem almost anopen-and-shutcase that a pilot flew through a mushroom cloud and subsequently developed various ailments.
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That is a perfectly ordinary claim and anopen-and-shutcase of negligence.
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If there is anopen-and-shutcase of fault, it is absurd that the judge should not be allowed to consider it at all.
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In anopen-and-shutcase, he has only to point to the facts and show that an action was plainly unreasonable and could not be justifiable.
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He said that it was anopen-and-shutcase of hybridity.
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We are not dealing with anopen-and-shutcase.
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Therefore, this is not anopen-and-shutcase, in which the only question is whether the action taken was in breach of the rules.
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So there is anopen-and-shutcase that they should open and close the debate.
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I think it is foolish to suppose that in the case of everybody who is picked up in highly suspicious and dangerous circumstances, it is anopen-and-shutcase straightaway.
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Not all cases will beopen-and-shut.
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