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单词 in hand
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in hand

1Receiving or requiring immediate attention: he threw himself into the work in hand...
  • I told the sound guy that I didn't want to be miked up today; this was too important an outing for me and I needed nothing to divert my attention from the job in hand.
  • If it took this defeat to refocus attention to the matter in hand then it might prove to be no bad thing.
  • But during the long days at sea, the men and women on board keep busy with a wide range of activities and exercises quite apart from the immediate task in hand.

Synonyms

being dealt with, receiving attention, being attended to, under way;
under control
1.1In progress: negotiations are now well in hand...
  • The building of the extra gullies was well in hand, and considerable progress had been made with the pitching of the surface of the roadway.
2Ready for use if required; in reserve: he had £1,000 of borrowed cash in hand...
  • Isis had her staff in hand, ready to do whatever was needed.
  • The second day, after a call from my new friend Steve and a complicated process of money being wired to the local consulate I faced the city with cash in hand, which is necessary to do any place justice.
  • The sale price is a multiple of less than four times pre-tax profits at the company which has €4.2m cash in hand and no bank loans or overdrafts.

Synonyms

available for use, ready, available, put by;
spare, in reserve
3Under one’s control: the police had the situation well in hand...
  • We were in front today and I had it all in hand; we were controlling the pace, the bike was going well and then something totally unexpected happens.
  • Airport bosses are unaware of the reasons behind the captain's delay but insist that air traffic control had the incident in hand.
  • So I do trust his judgment, and I'm sure he's got the situation well in hand.
3.1(Of land) farmed directly by its owner and not let to tenants.The rest of the land is in hand and farmed by Aubourn; this year's crop is wheat....
  • The more farms in hand, the more subsidy - so vacated farms were invariably taken over by existing farmers.
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