英语词汇“entering wedge”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

entering wedge n. chiefly North American something which serves as a small first step towards something greater; cf. the thin (little or small) end of the wedge at wedge n. 2b.

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1646 R. Vines Purifying Unclean Hearts & Hands 13 God who hath the ordering of sin, makes some great sin very serviceable and usefull, to be, as it were, an entring wedge to break the knotty heart all to pieces.

1763 J. Mayhew Observ. Charter & Conduct Soc. Propagation Gospel 57 These small parties thus encouraged and supported by the Society in different parts of New-England at a great expence, have in short all the appearance of entering wedges.

1868 Local Preachers' Mag. Jan. 148/1 Our opponents stand before the American people, controverting the expediency of this reform, because they are afraid it will be an ‘entering-wedge’ to something more.

1945 S. S. Glueck & E. T. Glueck After-conduct Discharged Offenders viii. 99 This legislation is of great significance as probably constituting an entering wedge to the later decriminalisation of other behaviour categories of psychopaths.

2013 P. R. Breggin Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal vi. 74 Stimulant drugs were the entering wedge into the widespread drugging of America's children.

单词	entering wedge
释义	> as lemmas entering wedge entering wedge n. chiefly North American something which serves as a small first step towards something greater; cf. the thin (little or small) end of the wedge at wedge n. 2b. ΚΠ 1646 R. Vines Purifying Unclean Hearts & Hands 13 God who hath the ordering of sin, makes some great sin very serviceable and usefull, to be, as it were, an entring wedge to break the knotty heart all to pieces. 1763 J. Mayhew Observ. Charter & Conduct Soc. Propagation Gospel 57 These small parties thus encouraged and supported by the Society in different parts of New-England at a great expence, have in short all the appearance of entering wedges. 1868 Local Preachers' Mag. Jan. 148/1 Our opponents stand before the American people, controverting the expediency of this reform, because they are afraid it will be an ‘entering-wedge’ to something more. 1945 S. S. Glueck & E. T. Glueck After-conduct Discharged Offenders viii. 99 This legislation is of great significance as probably constituting an entering wedge to the later decriminalisation of other behaviour categories of psychopaths. 2013 P. R. Breggin Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal vi. 74 Stimulant drugs were the entering wedge into the widespread drugging of America's children. extracted from enteringn. < as lemmas
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