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The advances have been small, and Russians still hold most of Bakhmut, but Ukrainians say they see a meaningful shift in momentum.

The mathematician helped crack Nazi Germany’s Enigma encryption machine — a turning point in the war — and is considered a father of modern computing.

這位數學家協助解開了納粹德國代號「謎」的密碼機，這是戰爭的轉捩點，他也被視為是現代電腦之父。

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crack (GET INTO) Show phonetics
verb [T]
1 to break something open, especially in order to reach or use what is inside:
Crack three eggs into a bowl and mix them together.
He cracked (open) the nuts with his hands.

2 to find a solution to a problem:
They cracked the code and read the secret message.
UK I've been trying to solve this problem all week, but I still haven't cracked it.

3 (ALSO crack into sth) to get into someone else's computer system without permission and obtain information or do something illegal

4 INFORMAL to copy computer programs or recorded material illegally

crack：動詞，指破解（密碼）、解開（難題等），如They cracked the code and read the secret message.（他們破解了密碼，讀取秘密訊息。）

crack 
noun [C] INFORMAL
a method of cracking someone else's computer system:
Find cracks for your shareware programs.

crack

noun

UK 

 /kræk/ US 

 /kræk/

crack noun (NARROW SPACE)

 

C2 [ C ]

a very narrow space between parts of something:

Cracks had appeared in the dry ground.

We peered through the crack in the floorboards.

figurative Cracks began to show in his façade of self-confidence.

Synonyms

breach (OPENING) formal

chink (CRACK)

cleft

cranny

crevice

fissure

gap (HOLE)

interstice formal

opening (HOLE)

slit

slot (LONG HOLE)

 

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 (just) a crack

 

so that there is a very small space:

She opened the door just a crack to listen to the conversation.

at the crack of dawn

idiom

: very early in the morning : at dawn

We got up at the crack of dawn to go fishing.

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At the “crack” of dawn天剛破曉: very early in the morning, especially at the time when the sun first appears

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turn the tide：片語，指造成局勢逆轉，如The government had planned cuts in the armed forces, but when war broke out, the military saw a chance to turn the tide.（政府原打算裁軍，但隨後戰爭爆發，軍方發現了逆轉情勢的機會。）

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In July, billionaire investor Nelson Peltz thought Wendy's International could be worth $3.2 billion to $3.6 billion. But, after cracking the hamburger chain's books, he's apparently had second thoughts.

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tide over

phrasal verb of tide

1. help someone through a difficult period, especially with financial assistance.

   "she needed a small loan to tide her over"

tide over
Support through a difficult period, as in I asked my brother for $100 to tide me over until payday. This expression alludes to the way the tide carries something. [Early 1800s]