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词汇 nip-and-tuck
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a nip and tuck


idiom informal
→ plastic surgery: 整形手术(同 plastic surgery)
I suspect she's had a nip and tuck to look like that at her age.她这个年纪却有着那样的外表,我怀疑她做过整形手术。
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nip and tuck


idiommainly US
If a competition is nip and tuck, first one side seems to be winning and then the other, so that the result is not certain: (比赛中)势均力敌,不相上下
It was nip and tuck as to who would win the playoffs.加时赛上双方势均力敌,难解难分。
If a situation is nip and tuck, someone or something in that situation comes very close to failing or ending: 岌岌可危
For several months it was nip and tuck, but we managed to pull the company out of bankruptcy.几个月时间内一直岌岌可危,但是我们成功地把公司从破产边缘拯救了过来。
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nip and tuck | American Dictionary


nip and tuck


idiom
in a situation in which one side seems to be winning and then the other, so that the result is uncertain:
The election was nip and tuck at first, but then Roberts pulled ahead and won.

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