单词 | square one |
释义 | square one (once / 29402 pages) n WORD FAMILY square one: square ones USAGE EXAMPLES“Unless the U.S. government stays alert, the money will disappear through corruption and we’ll be back at square one.” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) If for some reason this fails, we go back to square one, to where we were six years ago. Washington Post(Sep 22, 2016) One paper Mr Romer cites is entitled “back to square one”; another complains about “unappealing assumptions”. Economist(Sep 22, 2016) n the situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail the police are now back at square one after having arrested and released 27 men she has tried to diet but always ends up back at square one Hyper situation, state of affairs the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time |
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