| 释义 | be (only) a matter of timeidiom
 C1
 If it is (only) a matter of time until something happens, it is certain to happen but you do not know when it will happen: (只)是个时间问题,是迟早的事
 It's only a matter of time before he's forced to resign.他被迫辞职只是迟早的事。
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Inevitable
 all roads lead to Romeidiom
 baked in
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 be nothing for itidiom
 be part and parcel of somethingidiom
 implacable
 implacably
 inalienable
 inalienably
 ineluctable
 inexorably
 insuppressible
 it can't be helpedidiom
 relentless
 relentlessly
 seal
 unavoidably
 unescapable
 unstoppable
 unstoppably
 
 
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