| 单词 | sixty-four dollar question |
| 释义 | sixty-four dollar question in British English (ˈsɪkstɪˌfɔː ˈdɒlə ˈkwɛstʃən) noun informal another name for sixty-four thousand dollar question sixty-four thousand dollar question in British Englishnoun a crucial question or issue Word origin C20: an elaboration of the earlier sixty-four dollar question, so called from the top prize on the US radio show Take It or Leave It (1941–48)sixty-four-dollar question in American English (ˈsɪkstiˌfɔrˈdɑlər, -ˌfour-) noun the critical or basic question or problem Whether the measure will get through Congress this session or not is the sixty-four-dollarquestion Also: $64 question Word origin [from the fact that 64 dollars was the largest prize on a popular radio quiz show inthe 1940s] |
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