toss-up
英 [ˈtɒs ʌp]
美 [ˈtɔːs ʌp]
n. (两种选择、结果等的)同样可能，均等机会
牛津词典
noun
- （两种选择、结果等的）同样可能，均等机会
a situation in which either of two choices, results, etc. is equally possible- ‘Have you decided on the colour yet?’ ‘ It's a toss-up between the blue and the green.’
“你决定了要什么颜色没有？”“在蓝色和绿色之间实在难以取舍。”
- ‘Have you decided on the colour yet?’ ‘ It's a toss-up between the blue and the green.’
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (发生几率各半的)相等机会;难以定夺的事
If you say that it is atoss-upwhether one thing will happen or another thing will happen, you mean that either result seems equally likely.- It's a toss-up whether oil prices will go up or down over the days ahead.
油价在今后的日子里会上涨还是下跌都有可能。
- It's a toss-up whether oil prices will go up or down over the days ahead.
英英释义
noun
- an unpredictable phenomenon
- it's a toss-up whether he will win or lose
双语例句
- The election is a toss-up, the winner still has not been determined.
这场选举胜负难分，截至目前还不知鹿死谁手。 - For the second year in a row, US President Barack Obama led the ranking, with Forbes noting that he won the popular vote, an electoral college majority, and seven of the seven toss-up states in the November election.
美国总统奥巴马是连续第二年登顶这一排行榜，福布斯指出奥巴马在11月大选中赢得了普选，获得了选举团的多数票，还获得了全部七个关键摇摆州的支持。 - They are both handsome and rich, and it is quite a toss-up who will win Mary's hand.
他们两人都又英俊又有钱，玛丽会嫁给谁，实在很难说。 - It was a toss-up which company would get the contract.
哪个公司会得到这份合同尚难预料。 - A good system gives you an edge in the long run, but there is a great deal of randomness in the markets, and any single trade is close to a toss-up.
从长远来看，一套优秀的系统会给你带来一定的优势，但市场中充满了大量的随机性，任何单笔交易的成败都是难以预料的。 - Looking further back, if you had to choose between the material progress of the 20th century and the improvements in health, it would be a toss-up.
回顾更久远的岁月，如果你必须在20世纪物质方面的进步，和医疗保健方面的改善中进行选择，这实在是难以取舍。 - Laura: They are both handsome and rich, and it is quite a toss-up who will win her hand.
劳拉：他们两个帅气又有钱。玛丽会选谁，实在说不准。 - It's a toss-up whether oil prices will go up or down over the days ahead.
油价在今后的日子里会上涨还是下跌都有可能。 - I'm not sure whether the headmaster will throw him out or give him a second chance. It's a complete toss-up.
我不敢肯定校长是要开除他还是再给他一次机会。这完全是个说不准的事。 - It's a toss-up between going to India or china.
很难选择是去印度还是去中国。