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across-the-board

/uh-kraws-thuh-bawrd, -bohrd, uh-kros-/US // əˈkrɔs ðəˈbɔrd, -ˈboʊrd, əˈkrɒs- //

全面的,全局性,全场,全盘

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : applying to all employees, members, groups, or categories; general: The across-the-board pay increase means a raise for all employees.
    • : covering all possibilities of winning on a given result, especially by placing a combination bet on one horse in a race for win, place, and show.

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Examples

  • France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.

  • In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.

  • The CDA was passed not in the name of censorship but in the name of protecting children from stumbling across sexual material.

  • Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.

  • Opponents of Muslims and immigrants across the continent are claiming vindication in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attack.

  • Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.

  • The Spaniards captured two schooners, having on board 22 officers and 30 men, all of whom were hanged or sent to the mines.

  • She had just left the wharf at Cincinnati for Louisville, with 225 passengers on board, of whom but 124 were saved.

  • Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.

  • The patache was never seen again, and there is not much doubt that it was lost with all hands on board.