fait accompli

noun

1. 既成事实
   something that has already happened or been done and that you cannot change

1. N-COUNT 既成事实;木已成舟之事
   If something is a fait accompli, it has already been decided or done and cannot be changed.
   1. They became increasingly annoyed that they were being presented with a fait accompli.
      他们得知时已是木已成舟，无法变更了，他们为此越来越恼火。

1. They became increasingly annoyed that they were being presented with a fait accompli.
   他们得知时已是木已成舟，无法变更了，他们为此越来越恼火。
2. The settlement of the issue must not be conditional upon the acceptance of fait accompli.
   不能在造成既成事实的前提下解决这个问题。
3. So much, in fact, that many now take the Apple TV as a fait accompli.
   相关的议论铺天盖地，以至于很多人将苹果电视（AppleTV）当作既成事实。
4. Introducing just enough uncertainty to delay American or joint allied decision-making could give Chinese forces the margin of success necessary to present Washington with a fait accompli.
   通过加大不确定性来推迟美国或盟国的决策可以提高中国军队成功制造既成事实的可能性。
5. Indeed, one of her goals was to ensure that if the Fed removed the patience language in March, it would not prompt markets to believe a rate rise two meetings later was a fait accompli.
   事实上，她的目标之一就是要确保，如果美联储在3月份取消耐心措辞，它不会促使市场认为两次会议之后加息已是一个既成事实。
6. Yet the plan, while a step in the right direction, is far from a fait accompli.
   但尽管该计划在正确的方向上迈出了一步，但它还远未功德圆满。
7. It has spent recent weeks attempting to turn its repayment into a fait accompli.
   最近几周，高盛试图将其偿债变成既成事实。
8. Beijing, she says, will extract political concessions from Taiwan with the aim of making unification a fait accompli.
   她说，北京方面将榨取台湾在政治上的让步，目的是让统一变成既成事实。
9. The sudden change of policy was presented to the party as a fait accompli, without any prior consultation or discussion.
   未经事前的协商讨论，政策的突然变化就作为既成事实摆在了这个党的面前。
10. Critics in both parties complain that, after frantic private negotiations among a handful of participants, Congress was presented with a fait accompli.
    两党的批评人士都抱怨称，一共只有为数不多的参与者匆匆忙忙地进行秘密谈判，然后将谈判结果作为既定事实告知国会。
11. It says Beijing wants to draw Taiwan into its economic embrace until reunification becomes a fait accompli.
    他们表示，北京希望把台湾引入大陆的经济怀抱，直至统一成为既成事实。
12. Shareholders, if they have a right to do so at all, must make nominations through costly proxy fights or at shareholder meetings whose outcome is a fait accompli since proxy votes have already been cast.
    股东如果他们真的具备这种权利的话必须通过代价高昂的代理权之争，或在代理投票结束后、结果已经产生的股东大会上提名候选人。
13. Europe has shown tremendous alacrity in circling the wagons around its preferred candidate, Christine Lagarde, and may swiftly create a fait accompli by bringing other advanced economies on board.
    欧洲在团结一致支持自己偏爱的候选人克里斯蒂娜拉加德（christinelagarde）上展现出了极大的灵活性，并可能拉拢其它发达经济体入伙，迅速创造一个既定事实。
14. The annexation of Crimea was all but accepted as a fait accompli.
    欧洲只能接受克里米亚被吞并的既成事实。
15. We got married secretly and then presented our parents with a fait accompli.
    我们是秘密结婚的，事后才告诉父母。
16. By creating an irreversible situation and pushing you into a corner, the Fait Accompli tactic uses pressure and threats to win concessions.
    通过创建一个不可撤销的情况并且把你推到一个逝世角，既成事实策略使用压力跟要挟来赢得让步。
17. The miners are likely to focus on pushing the benchmark near to spot market levels, seeking a deal with Japanese customers which can be presented later as a fait accompli to the Chinese.
    矿商可能会致力于推动基准价格达到接近现货市场的水平，寻求与日本客户签订协议，因为这个协议日后可能对中国钢企造成既成事实的局面。
18. The Arabs tried to be the first to enter Damascus and Beirut and made the Allies to approve the fait accompli and fulfill their promises.
    阿拉伯人试图造成首先进入大马士革和贝鲁特的既成事实，以此要求英国兑现自己的承诺。
19. Since the emergence of the term "carbon tariff" is a fait accompli and has been generally accepted, so what is important is not whether the expression of carbon tariff is correct, but to make an accurate definition of the legal nature of carbon tariff.
    由于碳关税这一名词的出现已是既成事实并已被普遍接受，因此重要的不是碳关税这一表述是否正确，而是对碳关税的法律性质做出准确界定。

noun

1. an irreversible accomplishment

   Synonym:    accomplished fact