| 单词 | accomplished fact |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaccomplished fact accomplished fact n. an established fact or state of affairs; a completed (and irreversible) action or process; = fait accompli n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun] > an accomplished action accomplished fact1811 fait accompli1845 1811 T. P. Courtenay View of State of Nation 143 He not only states his doubts and his fears,—he reasons as if they were already realized, he predicts a failure, and argues from his own foreboding as from an accomplished fact. 1895 Knowledge 18 276/1 The terrific results which are..likely to ensue when aerial navigation becomes an accomplished fact. 1924 Public Opinion 4 July 16/2 The swing-back to biblicism appears as an accomplished fact. 2009 K. L. Seegers tr. D. Meyer Blood Safari viii. 77 To her it was completely real, an accomplished fact, an unfortunate reality that she had to live with. < as lemmas |
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