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A纸牌
An ace is a playing card with a single symbol on it. In most card games, the ace of a particular suit has either the highest or the lowest value of the cards in that suit.
例句
...the ace of hearts.
红桃A
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(在运动等方面)成绩超群的人,佼佼者
If you describe someone such as a sports player as an ace, you mean that they are very good at what they do.
例句
...former motor-racing ace Stirling Moss.
前一流赛车手斯特林·莫斯
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ADJ
非常好的;顶呱呱的
If you say that something is ace, you think that it is good and you like it a lot.
例句
...a really ace film.
精彩绝伦的电影
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(网球中的)发球得分,爱司球
In tennis, an ace is a serve which is so fast that the other player cannot reach the ball.
例句
The American served three aces in the opening game of the set.
这位美国选手在该盘首局有三次发球直得。
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PHRASE
占绝对优势;占尽天时地利人和
If you say that someone holds all the aces, you mean that they have all the advantages in a contest or situation.
例句
'When I was an adolescent,' says a thirty-one-year-old man, 'I thought girls held all the aces.'
“当我还是个毛头小伙儿时,”一个31岁的男人说,“我觉得完全是女孩子说了算。”
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秘藏的王牌;应急的绝招;锦囊妙计
Something that is an ace in the hole is an advantage which you have over an opponent or rival, and which you can use if necessary.
例句
Our superior technology is our ace in the hole.
我们超众的技术是我们的法宝。
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差点;险些
If you come within an ace of doing something, or you are within an ace of doing something, you very nearly do or experience it.
例句
He was intent on murder and he came within an ace of succeeding.
他一心想杀人并且差点就得逞了。