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one-shot

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈone-shot adjective [only before noun] American English  ONCEhappening or done only once 只发生一次的;一次完成的 SYN British English one-off This is a one-shot deal. If it doesn’t work, it’s over. 这是一次性的交易,如果不成,那就拉倒了。
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one-shotScientists and administrators bickered over whether this should be a continuing program in ocean-bottom drilling or a one-shot drive to the mantle.As with non-co-operative playing of the one-shot game, the tacitly collusive equilibrium still requires information.They really trust these silly, one-shot tests more than they trust me!But they are one-shot treatments and so are not subject to the whims of patient compliance with complex drug regimes.
ˈone-shot adjectiveChineseSyllable
once done or only Corpus happening


one-shot
ˈone-shot adjective [only before noun] American English
happening or done only once
   SYN  one-off British English:
    This is a one-shot deal. If it doesn’t work, it’s over.


one-shotBrE /ˈwʌn ʃɒt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwʌn ʃɑːt/ 🔊 (NAmE) (BrE ˌone-ˈoff) adjective [only before noun] made or happening only once and not regularly 一次性的;非经常性的