英语词汇across the board的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	across the board
词源	across the board. Around 1935, racetrack combination tick- ets naming a horse to win, place, or show—giving a bettor three chances to win—began to be called across-the-board bets. Since then, the term has been widely used outside the racetrack to mean “comprehensive, general, all inclusive.”
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