| 词汇 | not give/budge an inch |
| 释义 | not give/budge an inchnot give/budge an inch REFUSEto refuse to change your decision or opinion, even though people are trying to persuade you to do this 寸步不让 Neither side is prepared to give an inch in the negotiations. 双方都无意在谈判中作丝毫让步。 Examples from the Corpus not give/budge an inch• And even with his size he didn't know what to do with Braden standing over him and not giving an inch.• I was just a novice and he was fairly frightening, not giving an inch until he had sounded you out.• Once on the ground again she tried pulling the horse, but still it would not budge an inch. → not give/budge an inch at inch1(4) |
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