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sure thing

UK // informal //

万事俱备,万事通,万能的

Related Words

belief信仰,信念,相信,信奉certainty确定性,确定,确定的,确定无疑cinch束缚,收紧,钳制,钳子destiny命运,缘分,天命,命中注定foregone conclusion定局,定论,必然的结论,成定局lock锁定,闭锁,锁定目标,锁定目标人物surety担保人,保证人,保證人,确保人positiveness积极性,正面性,积极向上,积极的shoo-in抢占先机,稳操胜券,稳操胜券的,抢手货cert证明书,证明书上写着,证明书上说,证明书上说的definiteness确定性,确定rain or shine风雨无阻,晴天雨天,阴晴不定,晴天雨天都行surefire万无一失,万能的,万无一失的,稳赚不赔

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something that is or is supposed to be a certain success, as a bet or a business venture: He thinks that real estate is a sure thing.
    • : something assured; certainty: It's a sure thing that he'll refuse to cooperate.
interj.感叹词 interjection
  1. 1
    • : surely; for sure; O.K.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouncertain thing
Synonyms
all sewn up全部缝合,缝缝补补,浑然一体,缝合好了belief信仰,信念,相信,信奉cert证明书,证明书上写着,证明书上说,证明书上说的certainty确定性,确定,确定的,确定无疑cinch束缚,收紧,钳制,钳子dead certainty死定了,死亡的确定性,死的确定性,死的肯定definiteness确定性,确定destiny命运,缘分,天命,命中注定foregone conclusion定局,定论,必然的结论,成定局lock锁定,闭锁,锁定目标,锁定目标人物open and shut case开封案,开封案件,开封案例,开封市的案件open-and-shut case开放式案件,开放式的案件,开放式的案例,开放性的案件positiveness积极性,正面性,积极向上,积极的rain or shine风雨无阻,晴天雨天,阴晴不定,晴天雨天都行safe bet安全的赌注,安全赌注,安全的赌局,稳赚不赔shoo-in抢占先机,稳操胜券,稳操胜券的,抢手货small risk小风险,小的风险,风险小,小小的风险sure bet肯定的,肯定的选择,肯定是,肯定会的surefire万无一失,万能的,万无一失的,稳赚不赔surety担保人,保证人,保證人,确保人

Examples

  • The only sure thing in diets is that there’ll be a new one as soon everyone’s tired of this one.

  • After everything that’s happened, nothing with Boeing is a sure thing.

  • However, e-commerce growth is a sure thing and multiple surveys have confirmed that holiday shopping is already underway, following Prime Day.

  • Accordingly, our prediction model gives Los Angeles a 69 percent chance of winning its first title since 1988 — big by baseball standards, but far from a sure thing.

  • If the Foxes looked like a safe bet for Champions League qualification before City’s ban, they looked a sure thing in its aftermath.

  • There is no such thing as speech so hateful or offensive it somehow “justifies” or “legitimizes” the use of violence.

  • “They sure took the Sony thing seriously,” Attkisson said dryly.

  • But the other thing that needs to be done is for us citizens to do.

  • And it must make sure that the platform of debate where we can freely exchange ideas is safe and sound.

  • No one seems to know who that is—or why they would want to do such a thing.

  • "There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.

  • That it is a reasonable and proper thing to ask our statesmen and politicians: what is going to happen to the world?

  • Of course the expression of this value is modified and characterized by the nature of the thing spoken of.

  • It is only just to say, that the officers exhibited a degree of courage far beyond any thing we had expected from them.

  • And is this a mere fantastic talk, or is this a thing that could be done and that ought to be done?

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