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single-handedly

/sing-guhl-han-did-lee/US // ˈsɪŋ gəlˈhæn dɪd li //

单枪匹马,独力,单枪匹马地,一手

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a single-handed manner; single-handed.

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Examples

  • Despite the strong language, however, the neither the JPO nor Lockheed could dispute a single fact in either Daily Beast report.

  • It is not a decisive war, with a single, signature victory, but a war of attrition.

  • A single father, he had been living abroad and returned when his mother was diagnosed with cancer.

  • They stood in a single row, united by solemn respect as the Liu family remained inside.

  • In a show about single women, Sex and The City was always in a rush to get to the altar—and with a man there waiting.

  • When the whole hunt is hunting up, each single change is made between the whole hunt, and the next bell above it.

  • She apparently prefers to paint single figures of women and young girls, but her works include a variety of subjects.

  • Beginning with single twigs and working over them patiently she at length painted whole trees, and later animals.

  • Liking for a single colour is a considerably smaller display of mind than an appreciation of the relation of two colours.

  • My orders ought to have been taken before a single unwounded Officer or man was ferried back aboard ship.