salvo

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sal·vo /ˈsælvəʊ $ -voʊ/ noun (plural salvos or salvoes) [countableC usually singular] formal

1. [+of]PM when several guns are fired during a battle or as part of a ceremony 〔火炮的〕齐放；〔礼炮的〕齐鸣

2 opening salvo formal SAY/STATEthe first in a series of questions, statements etc that you use to try to win an argument 〔在争论中提出的〕第一个问题，头一炮

Congressman Saunders fired the opening salvo during a heated debate on capital punishment.

桑德斯议员在有关死刑的激烈讨论中开了头一炮。

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fired the opening salvo• Clinton fired the opening salvo last month when he included tax cuts in his proposed 1997 budget.

3. PRAISEsudden laughter, applause etc from many people at the same time 〔突然的〕一阵，一片〔笑声、掌声等〕

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salvo• But it is difficult to imagine Monsanto's chief executive, Robert Shapiro, frightened by a salvo of well-drafted leaflets.• Suddenly a salvo arrived but did no damage.• In the darkness there is an almighty salvo of machine gun fire, like a cacophony of cracking whips.• Sharpe counted twenty-four gouts of smoke in the first salvo.• In its latest salvo, Vanguard has renegotiated its fees paid to outside advisers who manage its active stock and bond funds.• Clinton fired the opening salvo last month when he included tax cuts in his proposed 1997 budget.• Desktop publishing was only the opening salvo of a fusillade of developments that would change the way people worked.• He directed a series of verbal salvos at his opponent during the debate.

Origin salvo

(1500-1600) Italian salva, from French salve, from Latin, a greeting, from salvere “to be healthy”, from salvus; → SAFE1

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