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Rubicon noun uk /ˈruː.bɪ.kɒn//ˈruː.bɪ.kən/ us /ˈruː.bɪ.kɑːn/ cross the Rubicon to do something that you cannot later change and will strongly influence future events: 破釜沉舟;下重大决心;采取断然行动 Most EU states have crossed the Rubicon and adopted the euro.大多数的欧盟国家已经下了决心采用欧元。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Not able to be changed be no hard and fast rulesidiom burn your boats/bridgesidiom congenital continuity deep-seated incorrigible incurably inelastic inelasticity inflexible irreversible irreversibly irrevocable irrevocably leopard sb's way or the highwayidiom unchangeable uncompromising uncompromisingly unredeemable |