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词汇 once-in-a-lifetime
释义 once-in-a-lifetime
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˌwʌn.sɪnəˈlaɪf.taɪm/ us /ˌwʌn.sɪnəˈlaɪf.taɪm/
A once-in-a-lifetime experience or opportunity is very special because you will probably only have it once: 一生中难得一次的;千载难逢的;难能可贵的
A tour of Australia is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.澳大利亚之行是一生难得的一次经历。
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once-in-a-lifetime
An alternative is to prevent name changes either by using real names or through requiring users to acquire unique pseudonyms, namely once-in-a-lifetime pseudonyms.
We have a once-in-a-lifetime test, the number plate test, and it is not even a very good one.
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The standards of this country should not be set by visitors, particularly those who might be making a once-in-a-lifetime visit.
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The consumer is involved in legal activity as a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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Many of their clients are small, once-in-a-lifetime clients.
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That type of suffering is not a once-in-a-lifetime matter, but—for those who have suffered it—lasts for a whole lifetime.
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Let me repeat, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Our proposals represent a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve the electricity supply industry.
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That concluded that it was not possible to create such a unique, once-in-a-lifetime project at lower cost.
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However, we know that it is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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Initially, it thought that it was a once-in-a-lifetime problem that, having been dealt with once, would not have to be revisited.
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In many areas the offer of unfurnished accommodation is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity because of the acute shortage of such housing.
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For so many of our children, the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of learning the foundation for a successful, prosperous and independent life is negligently and needlessly blotted out.
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It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, above all because the event had been preceded by a long process involving a great deal of work on both sides.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
It is a once-in-a-lifetime vote.
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