practical certainty/disaster/sell-out etcALMOSTsomething that is almost certain, almost a disaster etc 几乎确定无疑/是灾难/满座等 Sampras looks a practical certainty to win Wimbledon this year. 桑普拉斯打赢今年的温布尔登网球锦标赛看来是十拿九稳的。
practical certainty/disaster/sell-out etc• It was a practical certainty that he would be trying to raise more loans long before these were ever repaid.
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