be on the cards

British EnglishBrE, be in the cards American EnglishAmEPROBABLY to seem likely to happen 很可能发生

At 3–1 down, another defeat seemed to be on the cards.

已经是1-3落后了，看来又要输了。

Examples from the Corpus

be on the cards• They will continue to decline in numbers and mergers with their big brothers are on the cards.• Cash is back ... or why dearer credit is on the cards Notebook.• Perhaps an exchange type deal is on the cards.• No one was surprised when they got a divorce. It had been on the cards for years.• It was on the cards that he should be drawn into the circle of dissent.• He has previously been linked with the Chargers and a move down the Calfornian coast may be on the cards.• Suspicion intensified that a sell-out of its principles was on the cards.• They say that another recession is on the cards.• Another closure that is on the cards is of Marylebone station.• I was hoping for a promotion, but it doesn't seem to be in the cards right now.• He took four of six rounds and yet without ever making his supporters believe that a decisive victory was on the cards.

→ be on the cards at card1(2)

词汇	be on the cards
释义	be on the cards be on the cards British EnglishBrE, be in the cards American EnglishAmEPROBABLY to seem likely to happen 很可能发生 At 3–1 down, another defeat seemed to be on the cards. 已经是1-3落后了，看来又要输了。 Examples from the Corpus be on the cards• They will continue to decline in numbers and mergers with their big brothers are on the cards.• Cash is back ... or why dearer credit is on the cards Notebook.• Perhaps an exchange type deal is on the cards.• No one was surprised when they got a divorce. It had been on the cards for years.• It was on the cards that he should be drawn into the circle of dissent.• He has previously been linked with the Chargers and a move down the Calfornian coast may be on the cards.• Suspicion intensified that a sell-out of its principles was on the cards.• They say that another recession is on the cards.• Another closure that is on the cards is of Marylebone station.• I was hoping for a promotion, but it doesn't seem to be in the cards right now.• He took four of six rounds and yet without ever making his supporters believe that a decisive victory was on the cards. → be on the cards at card1(2)
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