单词 | hard-driven |
释义 | > as lemmashard-driven hard-driven adj. (and n.) that is driven strongly or forcibly (in various senses of driven adj.); also as n. (with the and plural agreement) people who are hard-driven as a class (cf. drive v. 25). ΚΠ 1635 Bp. J. Hall Char. of Man 25 Oh that hard-driven, and miserable paire! 1746 Sir Robert Walpole Vindicated 18 This hard-driven unfortunate great Man, whom I think I have effectually justified. 1902 ‘M. Twain’ in N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 762 The poor and the hard-driven. 1949 R. K. Merton Social Theory i. Introd. 17 A small, hard-driven group of professors. 1999 G. Cox Dict. Sport ii. 86/2 Spike, a hard-driven ball that is hit when trying to score or gain a side out. < as lemmas |
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