blunderbuss

blunderbuss
noun
  1. (historical)a short large-bored gun firing balls or slugs
    (史)大口径前膛枪
    ■(figurative)an action or way of doing something regarded as lacking in subtlety and precision
    (喻)缺少高明手法(或缜密思考)的行为;大大咧咧(或粗枝大叶)的行为
    economists resort too quickly to the blunderbuss of regulation.
    经济学家们迫不及待地利用管理上的粗疏作风来实现目的。
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: alteration (by association with blunder)of Dutch donderbus, literally 'thunder gun'
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