英语词汇“for all one is worth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P5. Originally U.S. for all it's worth and variants: to the fullest extent. Similarly for all one is worth: with all one's energy or resources. Cf. for all one's worth at worth n.¹ Phrases 3.Frequently collocated with milk v. 10 (e.g. quots. 1950 and 1991).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > with all one's might

(at, by, with) all one's mightOE

by (also by one's) powerc1300

with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330

at (also at all, after) one's power1384

upon one's powerc1400

to (the best of, the uttermost of, the extent of) one's power?a1425

tooth and naila1535

with tooth and naila1535

with both hands1549

with teeth and alla1600

horse and footc1600

with all one's force1677

for all it's worth1864

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > in or to the greatest degree

never solOE

with (also mid) the mostc1275

for the masteryc1325

to the bestc1390

to the uttermostc1400

at the hardest1429

to the utmostc1450

to the skies (also sky)1559

at float1594

all to nothing1606

to the height1609

to the proofa1625

to the last degree1639

to the welkin?1746

(the) worst kind1839

for all it's worth1864

as —— as they make them?a1880

in the highest1897

to the nth (degree, power)1897

up to eleven1987

1864 Boston Post 27 Jan. Virginia had been used for all it was worth.

1883 Sunday Mercury (N.Y.) 18 Mar. 7/1 Scalchi, to use a side-walk phrase, played Siebel for all the character was worth.

1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 1 Oct. 2/14 The Boston Post, having worked the bogus..letter for all that it was worth, now admits that it was a forgery.

1889 A. C. Gunter That Frenchman! xxi. 298 [The steamer] is driving, for everything she is worth, down the waters of the Finnish Gulf.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 197 We spun round and round..I steering the whole time for all I was worth.

1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid v. 58 It was obvious that she was playing little girlishness for all that she was worth.

1950 A. Huxley Let. 15 Nov. (1969) 631 My feeling about the story is that you have got hold of something big, but have not yet milked it for all it is worth.

1991 Amer. Square Dance May 13/1 Have you milked the opportunity for all it's worth?

2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 May c19/2 He was fighting a holding action, filibustering for all he was worth.

单词	for all one is worth
释义	> as lemmas for all one is worth P5. Originally U.S. for all it's worth and variants: to the fullest extent. Similarly for all one is worth: with all one's energy or resources. Cf. for all one's worth at worth n.¹ Phrases 3.Frequently collocated with milk v. 10 (e.g. quots. 1950 and 1991). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > with all one's might (at, by, with) all one's mightOE by (also by one's) powerc1300 with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330 at (also at all, after) one's power1384 upon one's powerc1400 to (the best of, the uttermost of, the extent of) one's power?a1425 tooth and naila1535 with tooth and naila1535 with both hands1549 with teeth and alla1600 horse and footc1600 with all one's force1677 for all it's worth1864 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > in or to the greatest degree never solOE with (also mid) the mostc1275 for the masteryc1325 to the bestc1390 to the uttermostc1400 at the hardest1429 to the utmostc1450 to the skies (also sky)1559 at float1594 all to nothing1606 to the height1609 to the proofa1625 to the last degree1639 to the welkin?1746 (the) worst kind1839 for all it's worth1864 as —— as they make them?a1880 in the highest1897 to the nth (degree, power)1897 up to eleven1987 1864 Boston Post 27 Jan. Virginia had been used for all it was worth. 1883 Sunday Mercury (N.Y.) 18 Mar. 7/1 Scalchi, to use a side-walk phrase, played Siebel for all the character was worth. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 1 Oct. 2/14 The Boston Post, having worked the bogus..letter for all that it was worth, now admits that it was a forgery. 1889 A. C. Gunter That Frenchman! xxi. 298 [The steamer] is driving, for everything she is worth, down the waters of the Finnish Gulf. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 197 We spun round and round..I steering the whole time for all I was worth. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid v. 58 It was obvious that she was playing little girlishness for all that she was worth. 1950 A. Huxley Let. 15 Nov. (1969) 631 My feeling about the story is that you have got hold of something big, but have not yet milked it for all it is worth. 1991 Amer. Square Dance May 13/1 Have you milked the opportunity for all it's worth? 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 May c19/2 He was fighting a holding action, filibustering for all he was worth. extracted from worthadj. < as lemmas
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