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By hook or by crook
 意思是用种种方法、不择手段地,千方百计地 。

有人认为这条成语源自古代采邑制度,有权有势的采邑领主用钩刀(hook)随便砍树篱上的木头,或者用牧羊人的曲柄杖(crook) 收集矮林中的树枝当柴火,所以有了这么一说。

例如:I'll get the work finished in this week by hook or by crook.
我要想尽办法在这周内把工作完成。

再比如:By hook or by crook, I mean to have control of that business.
无论如何,我也要控制这家商行。
 
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