单词 | killer fact |
释义 | > as lemmaskiller fact killer fact n. colloquial (chiefly British) an irrefutable and decisive piece of evidence or information, esp. one on which an argument, policy, news story, etc., can convincingly be founded. ΚΠ 1994 Financial Times 21 Nov. 10/1 ‘Killer facts’ are what the Conservative party needs if it is to win the next general election, according to a strategy paper produced by Mr John Maples, the party's deputy chairman and a former Treasury minister. 2002 Daily Tel. 2 Sept. 18/5 Making a successful political cause for an attack on Iraq requires..at least one killer fact. Saddam has to be shown either to have done something or to be intending something awful. < as lemmas |
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