shotgun weddings
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- n.闪电式结婚(如因女方怀孕)
- shotgun wedding的复数
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N-COUNT 闪电式结婚;奉子成婚
A shotgun wedding is a wedding that has to take place quickly, often because the woman is pregnant. -
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N-COUNT (企业间因经营困难实施的)仓促合并
A shotgun wedding is a merger between two companies which takes place in a hurry because one or both of the companies is having difficulties.Two of the world's top four computer manufacturers have announced a shotgun wedding prompted by slumping sales and disastrous financial losses.
世界四大计算机制造商中的两家因销量锐减和严重亏损已闪电宣布合并。