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●ˌHobson’s ˈchoicethe choice of taking what is offered or nothing at all, in reality no choice at all 无余地的选择；无可选择◆It’s Hobson’s choice really, as this is the only room they have empty at the moment.没有别的选择，他们现在只有这一间空房。 ORIGIN This expression refers to a 17th-century Cambridge man, Tobias Hobson, who hired out horses; he would give his customers the ‘choice’ of the horse nearest the stable door or none at all. 这个表达法源于 17 世纪剑桥的马匹出租商托拜厄斯 ∙ 霍布森。他总是让客人“挑选”最靠近马厩门的那匹马，否则就不出租。 |