| 词汇 | the smoking gun |
| 释义 | smoking gunIndisputably incriminating evidence. Likened to a gun that is still smoking after having been fired. A smoking gun was revealed in the form of emails documenting the man's involvement in the money laundering scheme. So far the prosecutor has presented only circumstantial evidence, but she's expected to reveal a smoking gun against the defendant soon. the smoking gunFig. the indisputable sign of guilt. (Fig. on a murderer being caught just after shooting the victim.) Mr. south was left holding the smoking gun. The chief of staff decided that the the aide should be found with the smoking gun. a/the ˌsmoking ˈgunsomething that seems to prove that somebody has done something wrong or illegal: This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. |
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