英语词汇“sure card”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sure card n. now rare a means, method, or expedient that can be relied on to attain an intended end; a person whose agency, or the use of whose name, will ensure success. [Originally with allusion to holding a card that ensures victory in a card game; compare card n.² 2.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > certain prospect or possession > [noun] > something easily done or acquired

sure card?1562

sure thing1836

open-and-shut1841

cinch1888

cert1889

snipa1890

pinch1897

lead-pipe1898

sitter1898

stone ginger1936

slam dunk1984

?1562 Thersytes sig. E.i Nowe thys is a sure carde, nowe I maye well saye.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues (new ed.) To Rdrs. sig. Bi A cleare conscience is a sure card.

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C2^v To get a sure card on their side, either calles for Iustice.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew A sure Card, a trusty Tool, or Confiding Man.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. ii. 187 We have one sure Card, which is to carry him before Justice Trolick.

1836 C. Dickens Let. ?22 Aug. (1965) I. 167 Harley wrote, when he had read the whole of the opera, saying ‘It's a sure card—nothing wrong there’.

1872 J. P. Kennedy Quodlibet (ed. 3) i. 40 Consider me a sure card in that line.

1967 Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 16 Jan. 5/6 In the present political context, his opponents are playing a sure card in claiming that the CNTU is a strictly Quebec organization.

单词	sure card
释义	> as lemmas sure card sure card n. now rare a means, method, or expedient that can be relied on to attain an intended end; a person whose agency, or the use of whose name, will ensure success. [Originally with allusion to holding a card that ensures victory in a card game; compare card n.² 2.] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > certain prospect or possession > [noun] > something easily done or acquired sure card?1562 sure thing1836 open-and-shut1841 cinch1888 cert1889 snipa1890 pinch1897 lead-pipe1898 sitter1898 stone ginger1936 slam dunk1984 ?1562 Thersytes sig. E.i Nowe thys is a sure carde, nowe I maye well saye. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues (new ed.) To Rdrs. sig. Bi A cleare conscience is a sure card. 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C2^v To get a sure card on their side, either calles for Iustice. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew A sure Card, a trusty Tool, or Confiding Man. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. ii. 187 We have one sure Card, which is to carry him before Justice Trolick. 1836 C. Dickens Let. ?22 Aug. (1965) I. 167 Harley wrote, when he had read the whole of the opera, saying ‘It's a sure card—nothing wrong there’. 1872 J. P. Kennedy Quodlibet (ed. 3) i. 40 Consider me a sure card in that line. 1967 Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 16 Jan. 5/6 In the present political context, his opponents are playing a sure card in claiming that the CNTU is a strictly Quebec organization. extracted from sureadj.adv.int. < as lemmas
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