The inquiry is by no means cut and dried.

调查之事远未盖棺定论。

Unfortunately, things cannot be as cut and dried as many people would like.

不幸的是，事情并不像很多人希望的那样板上钉钉。

You're taking part in the decisions, but it's all cut and dried.

你参与决策，但实际上他们已早事先安排好了。

They make you think you're taking part in the decisions, but it's all cut and dried.

他们使你觉得你也参与决定，其实早已内定了。

He had a speech all cut and dried.

他的讲话是早就准备好的。

The reaction products are then cut and dried.

反应产物切割、干燥。

The competition would have been cut and dried 10 years ago.

若在10年前，竞争会显得淡而无味。

Alas, not all projects in the real world are so cut and dried.

遗憾的是，在现实世界中，并不是所有项目的需求都能机械套用的。

His report is cut and dried because he has nothing new to say.

他的报告又是老生常谈，因为他没有任何新的刻说。

The proposal is not cut and dried; you may add some new ideas.

这提案还未确定，你可加些新意见。

People will not have a cut and dried understanding for the factor of charm.

人们对魅力的组成要素并没有统一不变的理解。

This tissue, often cut and dried especially for use as building material and fuel.

这部分组织经常砍倒并晾干，特别供建筑材料和燃料用。

That "ll sound all cut and dried and possibly spoil the atmosphere of the wedding."

那会听起来老生常谈，还可能会影响婚礼的气氛。

That will sound all cut and dried and possibly spoil the atmosphere of the wedding.

那会听起来老生常谈，还可能会影响婚礼的气氛。

In the ER, things were cut and dried, he said; there was noquestion of what to do next.

他说，在急救室，一切都是按部就班的，下一步要干什么不是问题。

With Red Hat 8, the choices are cut and dried: non-journaling (ext2) and journaling (ext3).

对Red Hat 8来说选项是固定的：无日志记录的(ext2)和有日志记录的(ext3)。

These terms generally aren't purely cut and dried: they exist on a spectrum, like design.

这些术语一般不是一成不变的：它们存在于图谱上，就像设计一样。

Those who like their categories cut and dried may wonder whether viruses are alive or not.

那些喜欢一成不变的分类的人可能想知道病毒是死的还是活的。

Most spokespeople are experts at doling out cut and dried answers to reporters' questions.

大多数发言人擅用“套话”来搪塞记者提问。

It was all cut and dried - the same old speakers saying the same things they said last year.

一切都是老一套。讲话的人就是去年讲话的人。

This is one of those cases that are less cut and dried, and other schemes might be as suitable as mine.

这是一种不那么固定的情形，其他的方案可能同样合适。

While this seems pretty cut and dried, this date doesn't agree with the date given on the Deathday Party cake.

虽然这点看起来被卡住了，日期和忌辰宴会蛋糕上的日期不吻合。

For us everything must be cut and dried so that we can do something practical with it, build something with it, worship it.

对我们来说，一切都必须是设定好的，这样我们就能就此做些实际的东西、建造点什么，或者膜拜它。

Scientists tend to forget this when writing their cut and dried reports for the technical journals, but history is filled with examples of it.

科学家们在撰写千篇一律、枯燥乏味的论文供专业期刊发表时往往忘记这一点，而历史上这样的例子比比皆是。

Simple to understand: Their instructions are cut and dried. They want us to deliver to by Monday at the very latest or we might as well forget the deal.

简单易懂的：他们的说明十分简单易懂。他们希望我们最迟星期一交货，要不就别交了。

The Native Americans would cut the bark and fold it into any shape they needed, then secure it with cords until it dried.

印第安人会割下树皮，折成他们需要的任何形状，然后用绳子固定住，直到它变干。