| 词汇 | hard-and-fast |
| 释义 | hard-and-fast adjective us/ˈhɑrd·ənˈfæst/ not to be changed: a hard-and-fast rule hard-and-fast | Business Englishhard-and-fast adjective (alsohard and fast)ukus definite and not to be changed, avoided, or ignored: hard-and-fast deadlines/plans/guidelines hard-and-fast evidence/facts/answersWith whale research, hard and fast facts are difficult to come by. There are no hard-and-fast rules governing the size of companies in the portfolio. Examples of hard-and-fasthard-and-fast To recapitulate, the occurrence of middles in the present tense with a generic meaning is not a hard-and-fast constraint. The reason why no hard-and-fast rules can be found is simply that the distinctions in question are not clear-cut. In some cases this is due to the fact that the observed differences in behaviour have been shown to be tendencies and, as such, cannot be captured in hard-and-fast rules. Customs may grow rigid so that, instead of getting increasing integration we get hard-and-fast dividing lines. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no hard-and-fast ceiling set at two years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He thought that there should be no hard-and-fast limit, but that there should be variations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no hard-and-fast conclusion one way or the other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no hard-and-fast line like this which can be drawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that any hard-and-fast age rule is wise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am concerned about setting a hard-and-fast rule for a specified salary for all regional and district councillors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What they want is action, but not necessarily hard-and-fast legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is worded in a very hard-and-fast way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We did not try to set out any hard-and-fast rules to be applied automatically everywhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would it not be possible at the present juncture to abolish that rule, because it seems unreasonable to stick to such a hard-and-fast regulation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that there are many elements of doubt, but it is absurd to suggest that we can have a hard-and-fast, settled plan in advance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of hard-and-fast 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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