in spades 的定义
- Considerably, in the extreme; also, without restraint. For example, They were having money problems, in spades, or Jan told him what he really thought of him, in spades. This expression alludes to spades as the highest-ranking suit in various card games, such as bridge, and transfers “highest” to other extremes. [Colloquial; 1920s]
in spades 近义词
等同于 decidedly
in spades 的近义词 30 个
- clearly
- determinedly
- distinctly
- downright
- positively
- really
- terribly
- unmistakably
- emphatically
- absolutely
- bloody
- by all means
- decisively
- flat out
- for a fact
- no catch
- no holds barred
- no ifs ands or buts
- no mistake
- no strings attached
- of course
- powerful
- real
- right
- straight out
- strongly
- sure
- surely
- terrifically
- unequivocally
in spades 的反义词 1 个
更多in spades例句
- This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
- Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
- Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
- Beyoncé certainly delivers it in spades, too—and effortlessly.
- The lack of a gun is not likely to be a major problem for close-in air-to-air dogfights against other jets.
- Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
- The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
- So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.
- Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.
- But the novel disappeared under the clothes with amazing celerity as the voice of her sister-in-law demanded admission.