| 释义 |
stop at nothingBe utterly ruthless or determined in one’s attempt to achieve something: he would stop at nothing to retain his power...- Utterly determined to repair the Union, Lincoln would stop at nothing to achieve his aim.
- We are faced with a deadly and determined adversary who will stop at nothing and will persevere as long as he exists.
- The absolutist, Joseph II, who succeeded Maria Theresa, failed in his reforms, though he stopped at nothing in his attempts to carry them out.
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