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单词 down-the-line
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Definition of down-the-line in English:

down-the-line

adjective
informal
  • Thorough and uncompromising.

    the party avoids down-the-line support of unions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • While the lyrics still amount to ‘Fear and Loathing in East-Side Apartments,’ the down-the-line directness of words such as ‘I just want to watch you go by’ add a sincerity that make his songs all the more believable.
    • The 38-year-old is a down-the-line conservative.
    • He is outlining a down-the-line conservative legislative agenda - but he welcomes Democratic support.
    • He, of Ohio's 14th district, was a down-the-line opponent of CAFTA, which made a lot of sense for his northeast Ohio district.
    • Anyway, I think the issue here is that having the White House in Republican hands has obscured the coloration of my political opinions, making it seem like I'm a down-the-line liberal or lefty, when I'm not.
    • But he argues that his nearly down-the-line support for the Republican line in Congress marks him as too far to the right for the long-Democratic 4th.
    • I remember conversations… over the years with a serious, low-key senator whose thoughtful mien and earnest deliberation belied his down-the-line lefty voting record.
    • The basket of sops for food processing sector will largely benefit the small scale units and will help dispersal of this activity to the rural sector with down-the-line boost from bio-technology.
    • In the case of him the president served up a nominee who was pretty clearly a down-the-line conservative but also, in the sense of value-neutral credentials and qualifications, certainly qualified for the job.
    • So that cuts against a monochromatic picture of him as a down-the-line Democratic loyalist.
    • It turns out that he is such a down-the-line partisan that he supported Texas's Republican State Comptroller for re-election in 2002.
    • Tell him of your down-the-line fears and your wish not to be window dressing, if that's what he has in mind.
    • As the senators apparently told him, down-the-line opposition from the Democrats raises the stakes on them dramatically.
    • And he, whatever his considerable virtues, is no down-the-line progressive, much less a legislator in the Wellstone mode, eager to grapple with the very premises of the age.
    • The message is clear, and down-the-line New Labour.
    • But I'm far from a down-the-line supporter of their issues.
    • He turns out to be a down-the-line anti-privatization man too.
    • It wasn't particularly revolutionary - there's no plot element in there that hasn't been done before - it's a straight down-the-line haunted house story with a couple of quirks that keep it interesting - but it's so well done.
    • But it puts even more pressure on him to be a down-the-line supporter of every judicial nominee the president sends up to the Hill.
    • Here he splices together strands of blues and straight down-the-line rock with some folk, psychedelia, trip-hop and world music influences.
 
 

Definition of down-the-line in US English:

down-the-line

adjectiveˌdounT͟Həˈlīn
informal
  • Thorough and uncompromising.

    the party avoids down-the-line support of unions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The basket of sops for food processing sector will largely benefit the small scale units and will help dispersal of this activity to the rural sector with down-the-line boost from bio-technology.
    • So that cuts against a monochromatic picture of him as a down-the-line Democratic loyalist.
    • In the case of him the president served up a nominee who was pretty clearly a down-the-line conservative but also, in the sense of value-neutral credentials and qualifications, certainly qualified for the job.
    • I remember conversations… over the years with a serious, low-key senator whose thoughtful mien and earnest deliberation belied his down-the-line lefty voting record.
    • But it puts even more pressure on him to be a down-the-line supporter of every judicial nominee the president sends up to the Hill.
    • It wasn't particularly revolutionary - there's no plot element in there that hasn't been done before - it's a straight down-the-line haunted house story with a couple of quirks that keep it interesting - but it's so well done.
    • Anyway, I think the issue here is that having the White House in Republican hands has obscured the coloration of my political opinions, making it seem like I'm a down-the-line liberal or lefty, when I'm not.
    • While the lyrics still amount to ‘Fear and Loathing in East-Side Apartments,’ the down-the-line directness of words such as ‘I just want to watch you go by’ add a sincerity that make his songs all the more believable.
    • But he argues that his nearly down-the-line support for the Republican line in Congress marks him as too far to the right for the long-Democratic 4th.
    • Tell him of your down-the-line fears and your wish not to be window dressing, if that's what he has in mind.
    • Here he splices together strands of blues and straight down-the-line rock with some folk, psychedelia, trip-hop and world music influences.
    • He is outlining a down-the-line conservative legislative agenda - but he welcomes Democratic support.
    • It turns out that he is such a down-the-line partisan that he supported Texas's Republican State Comptroller for re-election in 2002.
    • But I'm far from a down-the-line supporter of their issues.
    • The 38-year-old is a down-the-line conservative.
    • As the senators apparently told him, down-the-line opposition from the Democrats raises the stakes on them dramatically.
    • He turns out to be a down-the-line anti-privatization man too.
    • And he, whatever his considerable virtues, is no down-the-line progressive, much less a legislator in the Wellstone mode, eager to grapple with the very premises of the age.
    • The message is clear, and down-the-line New Labour.
    • He, of Ohio's 14th district, was a down-the-line opponent of CAFTA, which made a lot of sense for his northeast Ohio district.
 
 
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