cut the Gordian knot

动词 v.
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动词 v.
  1. To solve a seemingly intractable problem by using a simple solution that is unconstrained by the assumptions that underpin the usual attempts to solve that problem. intransitive
    — Yet there were so many difficulties in assigning a natural explanation, that, to the day of her death, she remained in great doubt on the subject, and much disposed to cut the Gordian knot by admitting the existence of supernatural agency.

词形变化

cuts the Gordian knot present,singular,third-person cutting the Gordian knot participle,present cut the Gordian knot participle,past cut the Gordian knot past
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