wild card

美 [ˈwaɪld kɑːrd]英 [ˈwaɪld kɑːd]
  • n.通配符;“百搭”式参赛,“百搭”式参赛选手,“外卡”参赛,“外卡”选手(指没有正常参赛资格而参赛);(由持牌人自由决定牌值的)百搭派,变牌;难以预测的人(或事物)

复数: wild cards

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noun

1

(由持牌人自由决定牌值的)百搭派,变牌
a card that has no value of its own and takes the value of any card that the player chooses

2

“百搭”式参赛,“百搭”式参赛选手,“外卡”参赛,“外卡”选手(指没有正常参赛资格而参赛)
an opportunity for sb to play in a competition when they have not qualified in the usual way; a player who enters a competition in this way

3

通配符
a symbol that has no meaning of its own and can represent any letter or number

4

难以预测的人(或事物);未知因素;未知数
a person or thing whose behaviour or effect is difficult to predict

wild card

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 未知数;未知因素
    If you refer to someone or something as a wild card in a particular situation, you mean that they cause uncertainty because you do not know how they will behave.

    The wild card in the picture is Eastern Europe.

    整个局势中的变数是东欧。

  • 2
    N-COUNT (给予没有正常参赛资格的选手准其参加比赛的)“外卡”;“外卡”选手
    If a sports player is given a wild card for a particular competition, they are allowed to play in it, although they have not qualified for it in the usual way. You can also use wild card to refer to a player who enters a competition in this way.

    Andre Agassi accepted a wild card to play in the Stockholm Open.

    安德烈·阿加西持外卡参加了斯德哥尔摩公开赛。

  • 3
    N-COUNT (用于代替任何字符或字符串的)通配符
    A wildcard is a symbol such as * or ? which is used in some computing commands or searches in order to represent any character or range of characters.

noun

1
a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it
2
an unpredictable factor
the weather was a wild card

数据来源:WordNet

  1. The delete command does not accept wild card ( * ) characters .

    delete命令不接受通配符。

  2. The search will run as if a wild card is appended to the search term .

    搜索将会按照如同对搜索条件增加了一个通配符一样运行。

  3. The wild card in the picture is Eastern Europe .

    整个局势中的变数是东欧。

  4. Andre Agassi accepted a wild card to play in the Stockholm Open .

    安德烈·阿加西持外卡参加了斯德哥尔摩公开赛。

  5. And I get a wild card once a month .

    我每月还能任意指定一次约会吧。

  6. The other wild card is social media .

    另一个因素则是社交媒体。

  7. But the regulatory environment is a wild card .

    不过,中国的监管环境却是个巨大的变数。

  8. One wild card is to propose to her in front of the whole class .

    当着全班的面向她求婚,这会是最厉害的一招。

  9. The weather can be a wild card , too .

    天气也可以是一张百搭牌。

  10. Another wild card for the dollar will be trends in global capital flows .

    影响美元的另一个可能因素将是全球资本流动的趋势。

  11. The advertisement is still a wild card .

    这个广告的成功与否还是个未知数。

  12. The price of gasoline remains a wild card for the future of small cars .

    对小排量车的未来而言,汽油价格会有多大的影响现在还难以预测。

  13. The wild card for the Fed is labour market recovery and wage inflation .

    美联储面临的不确定因素是劳动力市场复苏和工资上涨。

  14. Kitsch is always a wild card , but it has no real value .

    这类东西起伏大,但本身都没实际价值。

  15. You had to have a wild card .

    你需要一张王牌作后盾。

  16. A surprise witness proved to be the wild card at the trial .

    在审判中,证人的突然出现确实让大家都始料不及。

  17. One wild card is the impact of the forthcoming midterm elections .

    即将到来的中期选举的影响也是一个变数。

  18. A major wild card is foreign exchange rates , which have been working against Japanese producers for months .

    一个重大的未知因素是汇率,数月以来,汇率因素一直不利于日本汽车厂商。

  19. Another wild card is whether financial firms will bend to public and political pressure to rein in pay .

    另外一个不确定因素是,金融企业是否会向公众和政治压力低头而限薪。

  20. Irish farmers are a wild card .

    爱尔兰的农场主恐怕是最大的变数。

  21. The wild card in this election is the green party no one knows exactly how much support they will get .

    这次选举中的未知数是绿党&没有人知道他们会得到多少支持。

  22. The wild card is how a Latvian crisis would affect the greater Central and Eastern European region .

    关键问题是这场危机如何会对地域更广的中东欧地区产生影响。

  23. You can either list each possible URL pattern , or use the / wild card registration as shown below .

    您可以列出每个可能的URL模式,或者使用/通配符注册,如下所示。

  24. You still have the option to list the URL patterns individually or use the / wild card registration .

    您仍然可以选择是列出每个可能的URL模式还是使用/通配符注册。

  25. The biggest wild card going into next year is China , whose heady economic growth now appears to be cooling .

    明年最大的不确定因素是中国,持续高速增长的中国经济目前似乎正在降温。

  26. You forgot the wild card .

    你忘了这张王牌了。

  27. She 's our maverick , our wild card ,

    她是与众不同的,我们的王牌

  28. She 's our maverick , our wild card .

    她是我们的独行侠,我们的王牌。

  29. You are allowed to use an empty string or NULL in the first two parameters to perform a wild card () search .

    前两个参数可以使用空字符串或NULL,以执行通配符()搜索。

  30. However , on Tuesday he gave a straight " Yes " to a question about whether he would accept a wild card .

    但是,在周二,当被问到是否接受外卡时候,他很坦率地回答“是的”。