| 单词 | recipe for disaster |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrecipe for disaster 3. In extended use: a means, procedure, or plan for attaining or effecting some end; (also) a state of affairs or set of events which is likely to lead to a particular outcome (now frequently in recipe for disaster). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient costOE craftOE custc1275 ginc1275 devicec1290 enginec1300 quaintisec1300 contrevurec1330 castc1340 knackc1369 findinga1382 wilea1400 conject14.. skiftc1400 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 policec1450 conjecturea1464 industry1477 invention1516 cunning1526 shift1530 compass1540 chevisance1548 trade1550 tour1558 fashion1562 invent?1567 expediment1571 trick1573 ingeny1588 machine1595 lock1598 contrival1602 contrivement1611 artifice1620 recipea1643 ingenuity1651 expedient1653 contrivance1661 excogitation1664 mechanism1669 expediency1683 stroke1699 spell1728 management1736 manoeuvre1769 move1794 wrinkle1817 dodge1842 jigamaree1847 quiff1881 kink1889 lurk1916 gadget1920 fastie1931 ploy1940 a1643 J. Suckling Let. in Wks. (1646) 69 To marry is the best Recipe for living honest. 1675 R. Allestree Art Contentm. x. 195 When those are precluded, for all the rest St. Pauls recipe is a Catholicon, Be careful for nothing. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. ii. iii. 95 Mr. Partridge..had Recourse to his usual Recipe of Patience. 1789 H. Walpole Let. 14 Aug. Easy as I call this recipe, you, I believe, would find it..difficult to execute. 1820 W. Scott Abbot II. xi. 340 We have the Plague proposing us a visit, the best of all recipes for thinning a land. 1857 Mrs. Stephens' Illustr. New Monthly Apr. 191/2 The ‘boldness, boldness, boldness’ of Demosthenes the orator, is a recipe for happiness and good success. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. i. 23 This Corporation has one recipe against all difficulties—organisation. 1950 A. J. P. Taylor From Napoleon to Stalin ii. iv. 145 He..knows no method of resisting an attack other than fighting without retreat, a sure recipe for disaster. 1968 E. Cole & T. Flaherty House of Bondage 70 She will have a brand new recipe for handling her servants. 2007 Sunday Times (Nexis) 23 Dec. (Travel section) 2 Authorities say the combination of ornate ceiling carvings and uneven flooring is a recipe for disaster. < as lemmas |
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