shot in the dark

黑暗中的射击黑暗中的枪声黑暗中射击暗中射击

shot in the dark 的定义

  1. 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

n. 名词 noun

wild guess or try

更多shot in the dark例句

  1. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  2. The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.
  3. The cartoonist, better known as Charb, was shot dead Wednesday.
  4. The gunman hardly broke stride as he nonetheless shot Merabet in the head, killing him.
  5. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  6. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
  7. There was no fighting; a rifle shot now and then from the crests where we saw our fellows clearly.
  8. A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
  9. Dockier, a prominent leader of the Levelers, in the times of the English commonwealth, was shot by order of the government.
  10. Ripperda's eye fell upon the mantle,—it was discoloured a dark red in many places, he nodded his head, and the man withdrew.