clear cut

eindeutig, klar

Leicht zu verstehen oder zu entscheiden, ohne Zweifel daran, was wahr oder richtig ist.

In einfachem Englisch: Easy to understand or decide, with no doubt about what is true or right.

• There is no clear-cut answer.
• The evidence made this a clear-cut case.
• The difference between the two groups was clear-cut.

Synonyme: clear, unambiguous, straightforward

Gegenteile: unclear, ambiguous

Häufige Wendungen: clear cut answer, clear cut distinction, clear cut case

kahlgeschlagen

Beschreibt ein Gebiet, in dem alle Bäume gefällt wurden.

In einfachem Englisch: Having had all the trees in an area cut down.

• The clear-cut hillside had no shade.
• Rain washed soil from the clear-cut land.
• They planted new trees in the clear-cut forest.

Synonyme: deforested

Häufige Wendungen: clear cut forest, clear cut land, clear cut hillside

kahlschlagen

Alle Bäume oder Pflanzen in einem Gebiet abschneiden oder fällen.

In einfachem Englisch: To cut down all the trees or plants in an area.

• They clear-cut the hillside last year.
• The company has clear-cut hundreds of acres.
• Will they clear-cut the whole forest?

So benutzt man es: clear cut something (The company plans to clear-cut this forest.)

Synonyme: clear, deforest

Häufige Wendungen: clear cut something, clear cut forests, clear cut land