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单词 four-square
释义
four-square
adjective
UK
uk
/ˈfɔː.skweər/us
/ˈfɔːr.skwer/
squareorwideandbuiltstronglyandfirmly:
方形坚固的，方方正正的
Thearchitecturetendsto be four-square andunimaginative.这种建筑往往都是四四方方的，缺乏想象力。
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Big and quite big
  • appreciable
  • baronial
  • bulky
  • burly
  • expansive
  • hearty
  • hefty
  • higher
  • hulking
  • juicy
  • mass
  • rambling
  • roomy
  • royal
  • savage
  • sizable
  • sizeable
  • spacious
  • the bigger the betteridiom
  • walk-in
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Buildings in general
four-square
adverb
UK
uk
/ˈfɔː.skweər/us
/ˈfɔːr.skwer/
withdetermination:
坚定不移地，坚决地
Clarke said hestoodfour-squarebehind(=believedstronglyin)theprimeminister'sdecision.克拉克说他坚决支持首相的决定。
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Strong-willed
  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • adamantly
  • aggressive
  • aggressively
  • going
  • gutsy
  • hard-boiled
  • hard-headed
  • headstrong
  • purposeful
  • purposefully
  • pushy
  • recalcitrant
  • redoubtable
  • unbending
  • undaunted
  • unrelenting
  • unrelentingly
  • unyielding
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(Definition offour-squarefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffour-square

four-square
The piece isfour-square, closed and classical, its harmonies familiar, and its accompaniment emphatic.
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In a pulsed-pedestal condition, afour-squarestimulus array appeared within a uniform surround.
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He was at the far end of the building, in afour-squaregames room, built for them as children, with a high, hessian-lined roof and no telephone.
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That way, we meetfour-squarethe concerns, expectations, needs and desires of the electorate.
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But is it strictly accurate to assume that, because an action has taken place previously, it is afour-squareprecedent?
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They standfour-square, though to what and with whom no one knows.
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If he is prepared to do that, we can standfour-squaretogether, and we can get somewhere.
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In reply to the other points that were made, they come backfour-squareto the debates we have had on all the other amendments.
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It is good indeed that it has been said here with such characteristicfour-square, forthright eloquence.
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Reason says: iron out all anomalies and standfour-squarefor even and equal electoral rights.
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I believe that ours is the only party which standsfour-squarebehind the system.
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That is an important assurance and it standsfour-squarewith the patients charter that we published earlier this week.
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That is why we standfour-squarebehind her.
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Civil aviation is one of the great subjects we have to face to-day, and we are bound to face itfour-square—face it bravely and courageously.
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We arefour-squarebehind the nuclear non-proliferation agreement.
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