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单词 drawing board
释义

drawing board

noun

1
: a board used as a base for drafting on paper
2
: a planning stage
a project still on the drawing board

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Programmers went back to the drawing board, adding more filters for decency into the code. Mark Bergen, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2022 However, moving too quickly and skipping steps can lead to hiring the wrong fit for your team, sending you back to the drawing board, incurring costs, impacting productivity and even damaging workforce morale. Lisa Shuster, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 Back to the drawing board for the two super talents. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 6 May 2022 Next on the drawing board for Lifted Libations is a series of slope-ready cocktails aimed at skiers and snowboarders. Mike Dojc, Forbes, 28 May 2021 But there aren’t many new mills on the drawing board for North America. Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 17 May 2021 It’s the end of an era for Richards in girls tennis and time for a trip back to the drawing board for coach Connor Reynolds. Tony Baranek, chicagotribune.com, 23 Oct. 2020 So the park’s designers went back to the drawing board again. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022 Ohio's Supreme Court on Tuesday sent legislators back to the drawing board, giving them 30 days to redraw new congressional maps using data from the 2020 census. Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 19 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1701, in the meaning defined at sense 1

drawing board

noun

as in first base

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • first base
  • ground zero
  • day one
  • square one
  • beginning
  • start
  • baseline
  • alpha
  • commencement
  • genesis
  • outset
  • kickoff
  • inception
  • launch
  • initiation
  • threshold
  • onset
  • founding
  • dawn
  • birth
  • morning
  • inauguration
  • well
  • creation
  • fountain
  • spring
  • institution
  • germ
  • origination
  • incipiency
  • source
  • incipience
  • git-go
  • get-go
  • cradle
  • origin
  • dawning
  • arrival
  • nascence
  • debut
  • nascency
  • opening
  • emergence
  • fountainhead
  • wellspring
  • root
  • advent
  • childhood
  • seedbed
  • infancy
  • appearance
  • début
  • youth

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • close
  • conclusion
  • ending
  • completion
  • end
  • closing
  • termination
  • period
  • stop
  • finish
  • closure
  • omega
  • cessation
  • finale
  • windup
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