cut and dried 字面意思“切了并且干了”,那么它的寓意很明显,可以意为“已成定局,不容更改;事先准备好的;老套的,老生常谈的,枯燥无味的”,它还有一种形式:cut-and-dried,寓意: predetermined and not changeablesomething that was decided in advance and cannot be changeda situation that lacks any sort of spontaneity or flexibility The rules in our school are cut and dried. Everyone is expected to follow them.解析:be expected to do sth 表示应该做某事。It seems to be a cut-and-dried story; social activists and media come together to do something helpful.这似乎是一个老生常谈的故事;社会活动家和媒体联合起来做一些有益的事情。Although most parties have agreed on the deal, it is not yet cut and dried.尽管大多数政党都同意了这项协议,但它还没有成定局。解析:although和though同义,在一般情况下,可以互换使用。只是though较普遍,常用于非正式的口语或书面语中,而although则较为正式。另外although语气比though重,常用以强调让步概念。Everything will not be cut and dried there for you after you move to a new country.There is no cut-and-dried formula which can answer these questions. 解析:此处的定语从句用关系代词 which,而不用 that,因为先行词被不明确的限定词修饰。
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