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can-do

/kan-doo/US // ˈkænˈdu //

能够做到的,能干的,能干,敢做敢当

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : marked by purposefulness and efficiency: a can-do executive.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the quality of being efficient and enthusiastic.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inadaptable

Examples

  • When they thought about Lewis, what struck the players most was that he never acted like a do-gooder.

  • First on the to-do list, the profiling exercises to help the Western masses understand the nature of the wretched beast.

  • If someone wants to dismiss this as do-goodism, fine, but it has real world effects.

  • So it's really a take-what-you-can-get kind of situation with him.

  • Think of it as the Jersey Shore exception, where you can act like a brutish goon and the first bust is essentially a do-over.

  • The ne'er-do-well blew, like seed before the wind, to distant places, but mankind at large stayed at home.

  • With time this land had mounted to great values and the holders had been made well-to-do thereby.

  • His parents were of the well-to-do farming class, occupied from one year's end to the other with the work of the fields.

  • From Bungay in Suffolk comes the news that a water-wagtail has built its nest in a milk-can.

  • “But it certainly was a great to-do,” murmured Jessie, as she tried to see what the boys were doing.