词汇 | close-enough-for-government-work |
释义 | close enough for government workidiom US(alsogood enough for government work) enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose: 足够的;合格的;合乎需要的 It's not a direct correlation, but close enough for government work. It's not perfect, but it's good enough for government work. Estimates of the cost range from $1.5 billion to $125 billion, a disparity which some might say is close enough for government work but it's not close enough for me. Most people would hardly notice such a tiny disparity, or declare it good enough for government work and ignore it. "Enjoy" isn't exactly the right word where this movie is concerned but it's close enough for government work. Quite good, or not very good acceptable acceptably adequacy adequate adequately government half decent iffy impure indifferent passably patchily patchiness patchy presentably scratch spotty the/your average bearidiom up to scratchidiom weedy You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Enough |
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