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- bet
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- long shot
- luck of the draw
- risk
- speculation
shot in the dark 的定义
- A wild, unsubstantiated guess; also, an attempt that has little chance for success. For example, It was a shot in the dark, but the engineers had a hunch that replacing the valve would make the system work, or You can try looking for your key on the beach, but I think it's a shot in the dark. [Colloquial; late 1800s]
shot in the dark 近义词
wild guess or try
更多shot in the dark例句
- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.
- The cartoonist, better known as Charb, was shot dead Wednesday.
- The gunman hardly broke stride as he nonetheless shot Merabet in the head, killing him.
- Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
- Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
- There was no fighting; a rifle shot now and then from the crests where we saw our fellows clearly.
- A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
- Dockier, a prominent leader of the Levelers, in the times of the English commonwealth, was shot by order of the government.
- Ripperda's eye fell upon the mantle,—it was discoloured a dark red in many places, he nodded his head, and the man withdrew.