2make mincemeat of somebody/somethinginformalBEAT/DEFEAT to completely defeat someone in an argument, fight, or game 〔在辩论、战斗或比赛中〕彻底驳倒[击败]某人/某事物
I knew that a good lawyer would make mincemeat of him if I allowed him to give evidence.
我知道,我要是让他来作证,好的律师会把他驳得体无完肤。
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make mincemeat of somebody/something• This book makes mincemeat of the idea that Reagan was a dunce, amiable or otherwise.• She insisted on him staying through my visit, and he made mincemeat of my arguments.• It made mincemeat of CoreTest, returning data transferrates in excess of 1.5Mb/sec.• A hostile Public Prosecutor would make mincemeat of her.
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mincemeat• She also wants a mincemeatcookierecipe which she saw in a cookbook some 30 years ago.• A specially good recipe within my family is the combination of freshpineapplecubes with fruitmincemeat.• She insisted on him staying through my visit, and he made mincemeat of my arguments.• This book makes mincemeat of the idea that Reagan was a dunce, amiable or otherwise.• As a pie filling it is rich and dark without the cloying and heavy qualities of mincemeat.• In winter I fill them with a rich and succulentmincemeat mixture.• Stir the brandy into the mincemeat and spoon on to cases.