sure-fire
adjective /ˈʃʊə faɪə(r)/, /ˈʃɔː faɪə(r)/
/ˈʃʊr faɪər/
[only before noun] (informal)- certain to be successful or to happen as you expect
必定成功的;肯定会发生的 - a sure-fire success
定能获得的成功 - Bad behaviour is a sure-fire way of getting people’s attention.
恶劣行为肯定会惹人注意的。
Collocations DictionarySure-fire is used with these nouns:- recipe
- way
- a sure-fire success