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单词 recipe for disaster
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recipe 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).
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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
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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.
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