单词 | spot fine |
释义 | > as lemmasspot fine f. With the sense ‘made, carried out, etc., then and there’, as spot decision, spot fine, etc., and also with the sense ‘conducted without warning, esp. on a representative sample’. Cf. on the spot adv. 1.See also spot inspection n., spot test n. (b) at Compounds 5, and spot check n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] > made on the spot spot decision1915 society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > to be paid immediately spot fine1976 1915 6th Ann. Rep. Board Supervising Engineers Chicago Traction iii. x. 438 The necessity of an average rather than a ‘spot’ count of single carloads as a proper basis for service. 1921 Z. Cope Early Diagnosis Acute Abdomen i. 3 Spot-diagnosis is impressive but unsafe. 1953 Times 29 July 6/6 He said that the ‘spot scrutiny’ of vehicles..was one of the best ways of identifying those which should not be on the roads. 1959 Economist 21 Mar. 1047/1 He may now be obliged to make spot decisions with inadequate notice in highly controversial circumstances. 1976 Wymondham & Attleborough Express 17 Dec. 2/1 Prosecution is a waste of time of already crowded courts, so what about spot fines for these moronic motor maniacs. 1979 H. S. Kent In on Act xxii. 247 I would often be glad of a ‘spot opinion’ on one of my new problems. 2002 Barron's 19 Aug. 35/1 If the software passes muster, the IRS will use it as part of..an annual spot-audit of 50,000 random taxpayers. < as lemmas |
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