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单词 smoking gun
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Definition of smoking gun in English:

smoking gun

noun
  • A piece of incontrovertible incriminating evidence.

    〈喻〉犯罪的确凿证据

    the trial's long-awaited smoking gun failed to surface
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are no smoking guns, but there's a nexus of circumstantial evidence behind most of the stories the sport throws up.
    • We knew from the Columbia Investigation there were likely to be few smoking guns; the evidence was mostly public testimony and clarified during various news conferences during and after the hearings.
    • Yes, I think ultimately the White House is going to have to show some concrete evidence, a smoking gun.
    • Certainly, there was no evidence given today that was really a legal smoking gun, if you will.
    • Each new revelation was the smoking gun that was going to end his presidency.

Definition of smoking gun in US English:

smoking gun

nounˌsmōkiNG ˈɡənˌsmoʊkɪŋ ˈɡən
  • A piece of incontrovertible incriminating evidence.

    〈喻〉犯罪的确凿证据

    the trial's long-awaited smoking gun failed to surface
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We knew from the Columbia Investigation there were likely to be few smoking guns; the evidence was mostly public testimony and clarified during various news conferences during and after the hearings.
    • Certainly, there was no evidence given today that was really a legal smoking gun, if you will.
    • Yes, I think ultimately the White House is going to have to show some concrete evidence, a smoking gun.
    • There are no smoking guns, but there's a nexus of circumstantial evidence behind most of the stories the sport throws up.
    • Each new revelation was the smoking gun that was going to end his presidency.
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