单词 | be in the way of |
释义 | > as lemmasto be (also get, stand, etc.) in the way of (a person or thing) (i) to be (also get, stand, etc.) in one's way, to be (also get, stand, etc.) in the way of (a person or thing). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hinder [verb (intransitive)] hinderc1386 to be (also get, stand, etc.) in one's way1481 to trump in (one's) way1570 to put in one's spoke1580 to put a spoke in one's wheel1583 to be (also get, stand, etc.) in the waya1750 snag1833 to cramp one's style1917 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 62 Who so alleway sayth trouth. shal fynde many lettyngis in his way. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 159 Welth, wardly gloir and riche array Ar all bot thornis laid in thy way. 1564 Briefe Exam. B iij Ye must..take heede, lest ye stande in your owne way. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1667 (1955) III. 493 He thwarted some of them & stood in their way. 1776 S. Foote Bankrupt i. 3 To throw some confounded rub in the way. 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 28 Thus, then, you go off with eclat, provided nothing is in your horse's way, and if there is,..he will probably leap over it. 1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. iii. 183 [His] egotism..sacrificed his best friends and first duties, if they stood in its way. 1805 R. E. Scott Elem. Intellect. Philos. App. i. 427 The abstractness of some mathematical conceptions has doubtless thrown considerable difficulties in the way of the learner. 1828 M. T. Sadler Ireland xiv. 342 The financial obstacles in the way of a free trade in corn. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 329 The smaller girls managed to be in every body's way, and were pushed about accordingly. 1885 Manch. Examiner 11 June 4/7 The Liberal party will be bound in honour to throw no factious obstacles in their way. 1887 S. Baring-Gould Gaverocks II. xxiii. 17 His pride stood in the way of success. 1901 Rec. Christian Work Dec. 934 A soul merchant, unhesitatingly sacrificing the spiritual interests of all around him, if they stand in the way of his bargaining. 1934 P. Hamilton Plains of Cement xxix. 249 He had chosen to come inside the bar with her this morning, and had been swanking about his Christmas presents and getting in her way for fully half an hour. 1989 C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic viii. 189 The free jazzers never allowed the song to get in the way of the music. 2000 B. Segal Whisper Awhile 59 A million men with glorious aeroplanes and tanks and gold braid and scarlet tabs stood behind me; let no one stand in my way. to be in (the, a) way of (a) With noun or gerund as object of preposition. to be in (the, a) way of: likely to (do or achieve something), having a good chance of (doing or attaining something). Also to put (a person) in (the, a) way of. Formerly also †in way for. Cf. fair adj. and n.1 Phrases 1e. †in any way of marriage: having marriage prospects (cf. in the way of marriage at Phrases 2f(e)) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adverb] > likely to do or obtain in the way ofa1400 in state?1536 in a meana1552 in means1592 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 306 If þou fyndist in a mannes body a lyme in wei of corrupcioun [L. in via corruptionis]. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 16v The whiche ypocras seeyng the crafte of physike in weye of perdicion because alle his felawes were dede. 1482 R. Cely Let. 13 May in Cely Lett. (1975) 151 He askyd me hefe I wher in any whay of maryayge. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 161 A Physician, that..is vnacquainted with your body.., may put you in way for a present Cure, but ouerthroweth your Health in some other kinde. 1677 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 12th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Duke of Rutland (1889) 36 in Parl. Papers (C. 5889–II) XLIV. 393 Lord Mohun is now in a way of recovery. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 121 Being very ingenious at such Work, when they were once put in the Way of it. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 137 Seeing Things..in so fine a way of thriving upon my Island. 1729 W. Law Serious Call viii. 112 She has educated several poor children,..and put them in a way of an honest employment. 1779 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 259 You cannot expect a Dyer's letter from me, as your nephew Charles is so much more in the way of having authentic information. 1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. i. 26 Mr Croftangry is in the way of doing a foolish thing. 1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 24 Mar. 513/1 Even then they might sometimes put themselves in the way of being blown into the Regent's Canal. 1885 Liverpool Daily Post 7 July 4/4 Diplomatic difficulties, which he hoped were in the way of solution. 1902 W. B. Yeats Cathleen ni Hoolihan 13 220 We might be put in the way of making Patrick a priest someday, and he so good at his books. 1944 J. T. Flynn As we go Marching ii. x. 165 What I am driving at is that we are in a way of doing for fascism what we began to do for the trusts in the early 1900s. 1998 J. Bossy Peace in Post-Reformation Pref. Thanks..especially to Amanda Lillie, who put me in the way of finding the Sansovino statue which appears on the cover. < as lemmas |
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