make a very great effort to achieve something
全力以赴
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the director pulled out all the stops to meet the impossible deadline .导演全力以赴来赶不可能达到的最后期限。
do something very elaborately or on a grand scale
做得很精彩,做得很漂亮
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they gave a Christmas party and pulled out all the stops .他们举办了一个圣诞晚会而且非常成功。[ORIGIN with reference to the stops of an organ.]put a stop to cause (an activity) to end使(活动)停下来,制止
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she would have to put a stop to all this nonsense .她得制止所有这样的胡闹。