| 单词 | spot decision | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasspot decision  f.   With the sense ‘made, carried out, etc., then and there’, as  spot decision,  spot fine, etc., and also with the sense ‘conducted without warning, esp. on a representative sample’. Cf. on the spot adv. 1.See also spot inspection n.,  spot test n. (b) at  Compounds 5, and spot check n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > 			[noun]		 > made on the spot spot decision1915 society > authority > punishment > fine > 			[noun]		 > to be paid immediately spot fine1976 1915    6th Ann. Rep. Board Supervising Engineers Chicago Traction  iii. x. 438  				The necessity of an average rather than a ‘spot’ count of single carloads as a proper basis for service. 1921    Z. Cope Early Diagnosis Acute Abdomen i. 3  				Spot-diagnosis is impressive but unsafe. 1953    Times 29 July 6/6  				He said that the ‘spot scrutiny’ of vehicles..was one of the best ways of identifying those which should not be on the roads. 1959    Economist 21 Mar. 1047/1  				He may now be obliged to make spot decisions with inadequate notice in highly controversial circumstances. 1976    Wymondham & Attleborough Express 17 Dec. 2/1  				Prosecution is a waste of time of already crowded courts, so what about spot fines for these moronic motor maniacs. 1979    H. S. Kent In on Act xxii. 247  				I would often be glad of a ‘spot opinion’ on one of my new problems. 2002    Barron's 19 Aug. 35/1  				If the software passes muster, the IRS will use it as part of..an annual spot-audit of 50,000 random taxpayers. < as lemmas | 
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