idiomUK(USby the numbers)doneaccordingto aplanthat has beendecidedpreviously, without usingyourownimaginationandideas:机械地,死板地,按部就班地This ispaintingbynumbers- there's nothingoriginalhere.这是一幅很死板的画——毫无新意。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesPlanning, expecting and arranging
accidentally
accidentally on purposeidiom
advertent
advisedly
aim atsomething
bargain
I might have knownidiom
insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
in the pipelineidiom
in the worksidiom
intend
planner
provision
purposely
put the cart before the horseidiom
puttheirheads togetheridiom
rearrange
reckon onsomething
settle
sleeve
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