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词组 in no uncertain terms
释义
Idiom
in no uncertain terms
Theme: CERTAINTY
in very specific and direct language.
I was so mad. I told her in no uncertain terms to leave and never come back.I told him in no uncertain terms to stop it.He put his demands into no uncertain terms, and then they listened to him.
Idiom
in no uncertain terms
if someone tells you something in no uncertain terms, they say it in a strong and direct way.
We were told in no uncertain terms that dishonesty would not be tolerated.
idiomin no uncertain termsif you tell someone something in no uncertain terms, you tell them it in a clear, firm and usually angry way:The authorities should be told in no uncertain terms that it's their job to control the farmers.I've tried to tell her in no uncertain terms that her behaviour in the office is not acceptable.

in no uncertain terms

Very explicitly and emphatically. He told me in no uncertain terms that if it happens again, I'll be expelled. There is no doubt. The contract states, in no uncertain terms, what must happen in cases like this.

in no uncertain terms

Cliché in very specific and direct language. I was so mad. I told her in no uncertain terms to leave and never come back. I told him in no uncertain terms to stop calling me.

in no uncertain terms

Emphatically, definitely so. For example, Jane told them in no uncertain terms that she wanted no part of their practical joke. The double negative in this idiom serves for emphasis. [Mid-1900s] Also see in so many words.

in no uncertain terms

If someone tells a person something in no uncertain terms, they say it strongly and clearly so that there is no doubt about what they mean. She told him in no uncertain terms to go away.

in no uncertain terms

clearly and forcefully.
1991 Kaye Gibbons A Cure for Dreams My mother got the doctor back out to our house and told him in no uncertain terms to do what he was paid to do.

in ˌno unˌcertain ˈterms

clearly and forcefully: I told him in no uncertain terms what I thought of his behaviour.

in no uncertain terms

Emphatically, very clearly. This double negative appears to have become very popular about the middle of the twentieth century. Lawrence Durrell used it in Balthazar (1958): “I told Abdul so in no uncertain terms.” A slightly slangier synonym is loud and clear.
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