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词汇 example_english_no-win-situation
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no-win situation

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meanings of no-winand situation


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no-win
adjective[before noun]
uk /ˌnəʊˈwɪn/ us /ˌnoʊˈwɪn/
A no-win set of conditions is one in which whatever happens there will be an unhappy and ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk /ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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Examples of no-win situation


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In analysing constructions like (7), linguists are really in a no-winsituation.
This no-winsituation may be further exacerbated by the speakers of the threatened language themselves.
The business enterprise in question is in a no-winsituation because even if it wins the case it cannot recover its costs.
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The free press is in a no-winsituation.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
It is a no-winsituation, in which the real losers are my constituents.
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We are in a no-winsituation and, frankly, this is one of those questions in respect of which it is best to remain agnostic.
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I believe that we encounter a no-winsituation here.
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In this case as in many others the police appear to be in a total no-winsituation.
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I support the comments about the contribution of the police, who have been placed in a no-winsituation.
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Section 11.2 of this excellent report makes clear that we were in a no-winsituation.
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Students and some other young people increasingly find that they are in a no-winsituation, with rents payable in advance.
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I know from bitter experience that social workers are in a no-winsituation.
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I am more conscious than ever that social workers are perhaps in a no-winsituation.
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Without being cynical, it seems to a layman like myself, who occasionally uses one airport or the other, that they are in a no-winsituation.
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Therefore, the mediator may very well be caught in a no-winsituation.
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I recognise that the decisions are not always clear cut and that those who make them are in a no-winsituation.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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