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单词 in the same breath
释义

in the same breath


DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    used for saying that someone has said two things that cannot both be true

    She says the treatment is safe, and then in the same breath says that patients should be warned about possible side-effects.

    Synonyms and related words

    Ways of emphasizing that something is not true or likely
  2. 2
    if you talk about two people or things in the same breath, you mention them together because they are similar

    I don’t think you can mention his poetry in the same breath as that of Heaney or Hughes.

    Synonyms and related words

    To mention something, or to be mentioned

in the same breath


DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    used for saying that someone has said two things that cannot both be true

    She says the treatment is safe, and then in the same breath says that patients should be warned about possible side-effects.

    Synonyms and related words

    Ways of emphasizing that something is not true or likely
  2. 2
    if you talk about two people or things in the same breath, you mention them together because they are similar

    I don’t think you can mention his poetry in the same breath as that of Longfellow.

    Synonyms and related words

    To mention something, or to be mentioned
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