| 单词 | too close to call |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoo close to call 7. transitive. Originally U.S. To predict the result of (a future event, esp. an election or contest). Frequently in too close to call.In too close to call perhaps originally with reference to bookmakers being unable to decide what odds to offer on a contest; cf. sense 2f. ΚΠ 1932 Monroe (Louisiana) News Star 3 Nov. 7/6 For once the boys didn't have a ‘winner’. For once they admitted here was a fight too close to call. 1960 N.Y. Times 20 Oct. 23/1 The editor of an independent weekly called it for Mr. Nixon but said that the vote would be extremely close. 1994 Georgia State Univ. Law Rev. Jan. 311 (note) He has correctly called the outcome four weeks in a row and is willing to sell them the name of the next week's winner for $10,000. 2014 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 24 May The culture of complacency that has played into the hands of Ukip, and which leaves the outcome of next year's election too close to call. < as lemmas |
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