Смысл: A-test

A-test[ʹeı͵test]
n
<Í> лабораторные испытания

test Идиома

acid test

(See the acid test)

no contest

one player or team wins easily, hands down Compare the speed of light to the speed of sound. It's no contest.

put to the test

be tested, be challenged Your computer skills will be put to the test in your new position.

round robin (tournament or contest)

game or contest in which each player or team plays every other player or team in turn The round robin tournament was held in order to choose the championship team for the city.

run some tests

a doctor does some medical tests on a patient The doctor has decided to run some tests on the patient.

test drive

drive to evaluate, try it out I test drove the new Harley on Saturday. What a bike!

test the water

check people's feelings, take a poll Wilson always tests the water before he introduces a budget.

the acid test

the ultimate trial for someone's credibility Your readiness to support me during the examination was the acid test of our relationship.

delatestryl

any anabolic steroid

dep-testosterone

any anabolic steroid

Whitestone

movie theatre in the Bronx - Diamond D

at latest

and no later最迟；至迟
We must be there by 10 at（the）latest．我们必须最迟10点钟赶到那里。
In a few days at（the）latest I will return．我最多几天就返回。
I will give you a definite answer on Friday at the latest．我最迟在星期五给你确切的答复。

at (the) latest

protest against

express objection to抗议
We protest against the big country's intervention in the internal affairs of other countries．我们抗议那个大国干涉别国内政。
I protest against being treated in this way．我抗议受到这样的待遇。

survival of the fittest

Idiom(s): survival of the fittest

Theme: SURVIVAL

the idea that the most able or fit will survive (while the less able and less fit will perish). (This is used literally as a part of the theory of evolution.)
• In college, it's the survival of the fittest. You have to keep working in order to survive and graduate.
• I don’t give my houseplants very good care, hut the ones I have are really flourishing. It's the survival of the fittest, I guess.

put sb to the test

Idiom(s): put sb to the test

Theme: CHALLENGE

to test someone; to see what someone can achieve.
• I think I can jump that far, but no one has ever put me to the test.
• I’m going to put you to the test right now!

last will and testament

Idiom(s): last will and testament

Theme: LEGAL

a will; the last edition of someone's will. (Fixed order.)
• The lawyer read Uncle Charles's last will and testament to a group of expectant relatives.
• Fred dictated his last will and testament on his deathbed.

greatest thing since sliced bread

Idiom(s): greatest thing since sliced bread

Theme: GREAT

the best thing there ever was. (Usually sarcastic.)
• To hear her talk, you would think she had found the greatest thing since sliced bread.
• Todd thinks he is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

at the latest

Idiom(s): at the latest

Theme: LATENESS

no later than.
• Please pay this bill in ten days at the latest.
• I'll be home by midnight at the latest.

Stolen fruit is the sweetest.

What is forbidden is the most tempting.

Draw the shortest straw

If someone draws the shortest straw, they lose or are chosen to do something unpleasant.

Take for a test drive

If you take something for a test driver, you try something to see if you like it.

Test the waters

If you test the waters, or test the water, you experiment to see how successful or acceptable something is before implementing it.

Tried and tested

If a method has been tried and tested, it is known to work or be effective because it has been successfully used long enough to be trusted.

road test|road|test

n. 1. A test to see if you can drive a car. Jim took the road test and got his driver's license last week. 2. A test to see if a car works all right on the road. Most new cars are given road tests before they are put on the market. After he repaired the car, the mechanic gave it a road test.

screen test|screen|test

n. A short movie made to see if an actor or actress is good enough or the right one to play a part. Ellen acted well on the stage, but she failed her screen test.

survival of the fittest|fittest|survival

n. phr. The staying alive or in action of the best prepared; often: idea that those living things best able to adjust to life survive and those unable to adjust die out. Life in the old West was often a case of survival of the fittest. With changes in the world's climate, dinosaurs died but many smaller animals lived on. It was survival of the fittest. On the 50-mile hike it was survival of the fittest; only 12 out of 25 Scouts finished.

under protest|protest|under

adv. phr. Against one's wish; unwillingly. "I'll go with you all right," she said to the kidnapper, "but I want it clearly understood that I do so under protest."

latest

latest
1.
at the latest
no later than (the time specified)
2.
the latest
the most recent, or the currently fashionable, thing, development, etc.

protest

protest
under protest
while expressing one's objections; unwillingly

test

test
see acid test; put to the test.

the latest

the latest
Also, the latest thing. The most recent development, as in fashion or the news. For example, Wearing straw hats to the beach is the latest thing, or Have you heard the latest about the royal family? [Colloquial; late 1800s] Also see the thing.