英语词汇“a big ask”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. colloquial (originally Australian). With modifying word or phrase of size, as a big (also huge, etc.) ask. Something which is a lot to ask of someone; something difficult to achieve or surmount. Cf. tall order at tall adj. 8d.In early use chiefly in Sport.

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1975 Bull. (Sydney) 26 Apr. 44/2 I mean, Gulcher, I'm a top earn… A big ask, though. They wanted a grand.

1987 Sydney Morning Herald 7 May 40/2 Four measly pounds is what the critics say. But according to his trainer..that four pounds is ‘a big ask’.

1994 J. Birmingham He died with Felafel in his Hand (1997) viii. 177 I'd..get him to wear the underpants consistently for six weeks on the road. (This was not a big ask given Milo's unwashed jeans-wearing record at King Street.)

2000 Rugby World June 25/1 It was a huge ask of my players, but their attitude throughout the week prior to the game was superb.

2003 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 1 Feb. 48 Every week is a bit of an ask—but the squad is very strong.

2014 D. Chapman Ascendant lxxiii. 301 A plane? Full of people?.. That is an enormous ask.

单词	a big ask
释义	> as lemmas a big (also huge, etc.) ask b. colloquial (originally Australian). With modifying word or phrase of size, as a big (also huge, etc.) ask. Something which is a lot to ask of someone; something difficult to achieve or surmount. Cf. tall order at tall adj. 8d.In early use chiefly in Sport. ΚΠ 1975 Bull. (Sydney) 26 Apr. 44/2 I mean, Gulcher, I'm a top earn… A big ask, though. They wanted a grand. 1987 Sydney Morning Herald 7 May 40/2 Four measly pounds is what the critics say. But according to his trainer..that four pounds is ‘a big ask’. 1994 J. Birmingham He died with Felafel in his Hand (1997) viii. 177 I'd..get him to wear the underpants consistently for six weeks on the road. (This was not a big ask given Milo's unwashed jeans-wearing record at King Street.) 2000 Rugby World June 25/1 It was a huge ask of my players, but their attitude throughout the week prior to the game was superb. 2003 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 1 Feb. 48 Every week is a bit of an ask—but the squad is very strong. 2014 D. Chapman Ascendant lxxiii. 301 A plane? Full of people?.. That is an enormous ask. extracted from askn.¹ < as lemmas
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