4no diceIMPOSSIBLE especially American EnglishAmE old-fashioned spoken used to refuse to do something or to say that something is not possible 不行,没办法,没门儿〔表示拒绝做某事,或说某事是不可能的〕
‘Can I borrow some cash?’ ‘Sorry, no dice.’
“我能借些钱吗?” “抱歉,不行。”
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no dice• I asked if I could borrow the car, but she said no dice.• LeVan says no dice, at least so far.• Ringprocessing then, and tell them no dice.
5a throw of the dicesomething you do that you hope will have an effect on a situation, but is not certain to do so 一次尝试,一次努力
a last desperate throw of the dice to try and win his wife back
不顾一切挽回妻子的最后努力
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last ... throw of the dice• My trip to London was on Ana's behalf, my last throw of the dice.• London was the last throw of the dice.
throw/roll the dice• I shook it loosely and quickly and threw the dice.• It's got to be better than throwing the dice and then having amnio and maybe aborting.• In Arabia they throw the dice in the other direction.• But Dole had little choice but to roll the dice in a way that surprised even the most astute political observers.• I envy them for getting to roll the dice.• Okay take turns rolling the dice and taking that many cubes.
2.dice with deathDANGEROUSto put yourself in a very dangerous situation 冒生命危险,玩命
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dice with death• When young people experiment with drugs, they're dicing with death.• But every day hundreds of ordinaryworkersdice with death to complete these essentialtasks.• And some have diced with death to make Bond look good.• Towingdrivers are dicing with death, too.