| 单词 | lose ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lose ground b. esp. in to break (new) ground, to make progress in a new direction (see break v. Phrases 3c); to gain (also gather, get) ground: to advance, make progress; literal and figurative (see gain v.2 8, gather v. 9, get v. Phrases 2b); to give ground: to recede, retire (see give v. Phrases 1b); to lose ground: to fall back, decline (see lose v.1 3d); to make (up) ground, to make progress. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] wadeOE agoOE forthganga1000 forthgoOE syeOE kenc1275 to-stepc1275 vaunce1303 forthnima1325 passc1330 throc1330 forthpass1382 to pass forthc1384 to carry forthc1390 proceedc1392 to go alongc1400 to be forthwardc1430 get) groundc1436 to set onc1450 avauntc1460 pretend1481 to make way1490 advance?1507 to get forward1523 promove1570 to rid ground (also space)1572 to rid (the) way1581 progressa1586 to gather grounda1593 to make forth1594 to make on1597 to work up1603 perge1607 to work one's (also its) way1609 to pass on1611 to gain ground1625 to make its way1645 vadea1660 propagate1700 to gain one's way1777 further1789 to pull up1829 on1840 to make (up) ground1921 society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] > be driven back to lose groundc1436 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > be forced back to lose groundc1436 to leave place1487 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat withdraw1297 recoilc1330 give place1382 arrear1399 to draw backa1400 resortc1425 adrawc1450 recedec1450 retraya1470 returna1470 rebut1481 wyke1481 umbedrawc1485 retreata1500 retract1535 retire1542 to give back1548 regress1552 to fall back?1567 peak1576 flinch1578 to fall offa1586 to draw off1602 to give ground1607 retrograde1613 to train off1796 to beat a retreat1861 to back off1938 the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition afalleOE wanec1000 fallOE ebba1420 to go backward?a1425 to go down?1440 decay1483 sink?a1513 delapsea1530 reel1529 decline1530 to go backwards1562 rue1576 droop1577 ruina1600 set1607 lapse1641 to lose ground1647 to go to pigs and whistles1794 to come (also go) down in the world1819 to peg out1852 to lose hold, one's balance1877 to go under1879 toboggan1887 slip1930 to turn down1936 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > in something new to break (new) ground1895 c1436 Libel Eng. Policy in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 188 Wylde Yrishe so muche of grounde have gotyne There upon us. c1436 Libel Eng. Policy in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 189 In that land..we lesse every yere More grounde and more. ?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A3 The Turke..shulde neuer be abill to get so moche grounde of cristendome. 1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 254 To outrunne the ringleader, and thereby to gett ground. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. Ev They come, no man giue ground..Be Englishmen and berd them to their faces. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 6 To deale plainly with you, you have lost some ground at Court by it. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 111 Though we beat and tack'd to and agen till the evening, we gained no ground. a1776 R. James Diss. Fevers (1778) 53 He sweated profusely and the delirium began to give ground. 1804 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. (ed. 2) I. 39 A more independent spirit..is daily gaining ground among that class of men. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VII. lxxiii. 170 They were steadily losing ground in the war. 1895 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (rev. ed.) 557/2 To break ground, to be the first to commence a project, etc.; to take the first step in an undertaking. 1906 H. C. Wyld Hist. Study Mother Tongue v. 94 Those tendencies..which are peculiar to the individual, and which are not shared by the community, will not gain ground, but will be eliminated. 1921 Granta 30 Nov. The local side again and again made ground galore with long kicks down wind. 1928 Nation & Athenæum 7 Jan. 537/2 Montesquieu..had been the first to break the new ground. 1931 F. L. Allen Only Yesterday ix. 229 Theodore Dreiser, Willa Cather,..the Imagists and exponents of free verse had been breaking new ground since before the war. 1932 Sunday Express 3 July 22/7 Udaipur is gradually making up ground on the colts in Butters' stable. 1954 G. D. H. Cole Hist. Socialist Thought II. xiii. 362 Communities breaking new ground were in constant danger of becoming the prey of fraudulent financiers and bankers. 1954 A. S. C. Ross in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 55 45 Posh ‘smart’ is essentially non-U, but recently, it has gained ground among schoolboys of all classes. 1966 Listener 10 Mar. 345/2 I've had to break new ground in all directions in order to say them. to lose ground d. To fail to maintain (a position, a state of mind or body), e.g. to lose patience, one's temper, to lose hold, one's balance, etc. to lose ground: to fail to keep one's position; esp. figurative to decline in reputation, favour, health, etc.to lose caste: see caste n. Phrases. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > be or become irritated [verb (intransitive)] enchafec1380 fume and chafec1522 chafe1525 to fret and fume1551 rankle1582 to lose patience, one's temper1622 pique1664 to have no patience with1682 ruffle1719 to be out of the way (with)1740 echinate1792 nettle1810 to get one's dander up1831 to set up one's jay-feathers1880 hackle1935 to get off one's bike1939 the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition afalleOE wanec1000 fallOE ebba1420 to go backward?a1425 to go down?1440 decay1483 sink?a1513 delapsea1530 reel1529 decline1530 to go backwards1562 rue1576 droop1577 ruina1600 set1607 lapse1641 to lose ground1647 to go to pigs and whistles1794 to come (also go) down in the world1819 to peg out1852 to lose hold, one's balance1877 to go under1879 toboggan1887 slip1930 to turn down1936 c1436 Libel Eng. Policy in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 189 In that land..we lesse every yere More grounde and more.] a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 143 But allwayes he helde up his shelde and loste no grounde nother batyd no chere. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. vi. sig. E3 At length, the left winge of the Arcadians began to loose ground. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 53 How had they almost made me to lose my patience, and my judgement! 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes i. xvi. 68 They brake their staves bravely, without losing their saddles. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 838 They astonisht all resistance lost, All courage. View more context for this quotation 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 291 A Current setting to Leeward, we rather lost than got ground. 1775 S. Johnson Let. II. 224 [Quoting Johnson, 13 June (1992)] Boswel is a favourite, but he has lost ground, since I told them that he is married. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. iv. 379 Those suspicions were not likely to lose ground. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xi. 137 Chuffey boggled over his plate so long, that Mr. Jonas, losing patience, took it from him at last. 1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 320 He has lost caste and lost all ground of glorying. < as lemmas |
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