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单词 a shot (or stab) in the dark
释义

a shot (or stab) in the dark

An act whose outcome cannot be foreseen; a guess: their experiments were little more than shots in the dark...
  • I'll whisper this in case it is too much of a shot in the dark but I believe West Indies will win at least one Test in England.
  • It is a shot in the dark, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.
  • The Oxford Declaration was not a shot in the dark or an isolated incident.

Synonyms

guess, random guess, wild guess, surmise, supposition, conjecture, speculation, theorizing
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