英语词汇“beyond a person's reach”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. The extent to which a person can stretch out the arm or hand, esp. so as to touch or grasp something; the distance to which an animal can extend a limb or other part, or to which any limb can be extended. Frequently in prepositional phrases as within (also out of, beyond, etc.) (a person's) reach, etc.

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the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > reaching > extent to which a person, etc., can reach

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a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. xii. 65 [The hunter] standand far on dreich with dart and speir Assoverit of hys reik, the beste assays.

1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 97 A Foxe..espyed faire clusters of Grapes which were ripe..and bicause they were past his reach, he thought to find some shift to gette them.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 22 Kinges haue long armes & rulers large reches.

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. v. 85 The Traytor murderer liues..from the reach of these my hands.

1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. vii. 126 in Church-hist. Brit. This Horse (I may say) had a long-reach.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 591 High from ground the branches would require Thy utmost reach .

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 177 The Tigre seeing them out of his reach..falls a Roaring.

1707 S. Centlivre Platonick Lady ii. i. 20 I was oblig'd to Fight him; and Egad if I had not understood Fencing very well, I had been whipt thro' the Lungs, for he had a cursed long Reach.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 241 Who..plucks the fruit plac'd more within his reach.

1797 W. Anderson Lect. Psalms viii. 45 Their prayers and invocations are no more effectual..than the short reach and pitiful strength of their arms.

1871 D. G. Rossetti Dante at Verona lxxxii How the Prince Sunned himself out of Dante's reach.

1890 W. Camp in St. Nicholas Aug. 831/1 The catcher..must begin by a resolution..to consider no ball beyond his reach, no matter how wild.

1897 Cent. Mag. 562/2 Their reach forward is prodigious, as I found..when my horse's hind hoof cut the heel clean off my boot.

1915 W. Cather Song of Lark vi. vi. 432 The tea-table and the little room..seemed to be out of scale with her long step, her long reach, and the energy of her movements.

1978 M. Amis Success ii. 29 If the clock is positioned within my reach I'll just lean over, slap off the alarm.

1983 L. Niven Integral Trees (1984) i. 7 His torso was short and burly; his muscular arms and legs had no reach.

2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 July c12/1 Grosso one-timed a shot from 12 yards, curling it beyond the diving reach of goalkeeper Jens Lehmann.

9. Capacity or power to perform or achieve some action, attain to some state or condition, etc. Chiefly in prepositional phrases, as above (also beyond) a person's reach, beyond (also within) the reach of.

a. With reference to a person.

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the world > action or operation > ability > [noun]

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powerc1300

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actualitya1398

actualnessa1398

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virtuality1483

cana1500

canning1549

reach1556

capability1587

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capableness1594

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fathoma1616

dacity1636

factivitya1643

capacity1647

range1695

span1805

quality1856

faculty1859

octane1989

the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > ability to

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1556 J. Standish Triall Supremacy H v^v I wyl not medel with this matter: it ferre passeth my reache.

1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (l.) §9 The mouing of others..to consider what wanteth to a multitude in this land, and to relieue them according to their reaches.

1648 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 53 If euer it fall in my reach to doe yow..seruice.

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 197 Those..cost such vast Sums, that they seem to me above the Reach of the most wealthy private Gentleman.

1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 40 The fault is obstinate, and cure beyond our reach.

1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 30 His life..presents a picture of active, yet simple and imitable virtues, which are within every man's reach.

1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope vii. 163 Anything like sustained reasoning was beyond his reach.

1948 D. W. Riddle Lincoln runs for Congr. i. 13 He could never become President. But if this office was beyond his reach, he did not so concede any other.

1989 G. Daly Pre-Raphaelites in Love iii. 122 Respectability and the security that came with it seemed hopelessly out of her reach.

2003 Marburger Jahrbuch 30 222/2 Now that Lipsius has returned, even seemingly impossible feats can come within his reach.

b. With reference to a thing.

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1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) ii. sig. E3 Any circumstance That stood within the reach of the designe, Of persons, dispositions, matter, time or place.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxi. 122 In respect of Actions, within the reach of such a power in him.

1711 W. King tr. G. Naudé Polit. Considerations Refin'd Politicks iii. 91 A very great design with a long reach, and contrived with much judgment.

1800–24 T. Campbell Margaret & Dora ii Dora's eyes of heavenly blue Pass all painting's reach.

1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. 50 The highest reach of science is, one may say, an inventive power.

1919 F. A. Cleveland Democracy in Reconstruction 28 Incorporated combinations of capital beyond the reach of the law in the exercise of powers and privileges.

1958 Visct. Montgomery Mem. (1961) 273 Two and a half months of bitter fighting..have brought the end of the war in Europe within sight, almost within reach.

c. one's reach exceeds one's grasp (and variants): one aspires to more than one can achieve (after quot. 1855).

ΚΠ

1855 R. Browning Andrea del Sarto in Men & Women II. 6 A man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a Heaven for?

1902 Philos. Rev. 11 172 The controlling conviction is that ‘a man's reach should exceed his grasp’.

1934 M. Sherwood Undercurrents of Influence in Eng. Romantic Poetry iii. 144 ‘Vast ideas’ stretched out before him, but his ‘reach’ too far exceeded his ‘grasp’.

1947 Harvard Law Rev. 60 731 His essay is more to be commended for its reach than for its grasp.

1990 People 19 Feb. 29/1 A singer whose vocal reach truly exceeds his octave grasp.

2005 N.Y. Times 3 Apr. iv. 13/3 And Mr. Spitzer must think big, because he wants to be governor. But now his reach has officially exceeded his grasp.

单词	beyond a person's reach
释义	> as lemmas within (also out of, beyond, etc.) (a person's) reach a. The extent to which a person can stretch out the arm or hand, esp. so as to touch or grasp something; the distance to which an animal can extend a limb or other part, or to which any limb can be extended. Frequently in prepositional phrases as within (also out of, beyond, etc.) (a person's) reach, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > reaching > extent to which a person, etc., can reach reacha1522 rax1790 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. xii. 65 [The hunter] standand far on dreich with dart and speir Assoverit of hys reik, the beste assays. 1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 97 A Foxe..espyed faire clusters of Grapes which were ripe..and bicause they were past his reach, he thought to find some shift to gette them. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 22 Kinges haue long armes & rulers large reches. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. v. 85 The Traytor murderer liues..from the reach of these my hands. 1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. vii. 126 in Church-hist. Brit. This Horse (I may say) had a long-reach. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 591 High from ground the branches would require Thy utmost reach . View more context for this quotation 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 177 The Tigre seeing them out of his reach..falls a Roaring. 1707 S. Centlivre Platonick Lady ii. i. 20 I was oblig'd to Fight him; and Egad if I had not understood Fencing very well, I had been whipt thro' the Lungs, for he had a cursed long Reach. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 241 Who..plucks the fruit plac'd more within his reach. 1797 W. Anderson Lect. Psalms viii. 45 Their prayers and invocations are no more effectual..than the short reach and pitiful strength of their arms. 1871 D. G. Rossetti Dante at Verona lxxxii How the Prince Sunned himself out of Dante's reach. 1890 W. Camp in St. Nicholas Aug. 831/1 The catcher..must begin by a resolution..to consider no ball beyond his reach, no matter how wild. 1897 Cent. Mag. 562/2 Their reach forward is prodigious, as I found..when my horse's hind hoof cut the heel clean off my boot. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark vi. vi. 432 The tea-table and the little room..seemed to be out of scale with her long step, her long reach, and the energy of her movements. 1978 M. Amis Success ii. 29 If the clock is positioned within my reach I'll just lean over, slap off the alarm. 1983 L. Niven Integral Trees (1984) i. 7 His torso was short and burly; his muscular arms and legs had no reach. 2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 July c12/1 Grosso one-timed a shot from 12 yards, curling it beyond the diving reach of goalkeeper Jens Lehmann. extracted from reachn.¹ above (also beyond) a person's reach 9. Capacity or power to perform or achieve some action, attain to some state or condition, etc. Chiefly in prepositional phrases, as above (also beyond) a person's reach, beyond (also within) the reach of. a. With reference to a person. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] speed971 mightOE ferec1175 evenc1225 powerc1300 possibilityc1385 actualitya1398 actualnessa1398 mowing?a1425 virtuality1483 cana1500 canning1549 reach1556 capability1587 strain1593 capableness1594 ablesse1598 fathoma1616 dacity1636 factivitya1643 capacity1647 range1695 span1805 quality1856 faculty1859 octane1989 the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > ability to reach1556 1556 J. Standish Triall Supremacy H v^v I wyl not medel with this matter: it ferre passeth my reache. 1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (l.) §9 The mouing of others..to consider what wanteth to a multitude in this land, and to relieue them according to their reaches. 1648 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 53 If euer it fall in my reach to doe yow..seruice. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 197 Those..cost such vast Sums, that they seem to me above the Reach of the most wealthy private Gentleman. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 40 The fault is obstinate, and cure beyond our reach. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 30 His life..presents a picture of active, yet simple and imitable virtues, which are within every man's reach. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope vii. 163 Anything like sustained reasoning was beyond his reach. 1948 D. W. Riddle Lincoln runs for Congr. i. 13 He could never become President. But if this office was beyond his reach, he did not so concede any other. 1989 G. Daly Pre-Raphaelites in Love iii. 122 Respectability and the security that came with it seemed hopelessly out of her reach. 2003 Marburger Jahrbuch 30 222/2 Now that Lipsius has returned, even seemingly impossible feats can come within his reach. b. With reference to a thing. ΚΠ 1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) ii. sig. E3 Any circumstance That stood within the reach of the designe, Of persons, dispositions, matter, time or place. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxi. 122 In respect of Actions, within the reach of such a power in him. 1711 W. King tr. G. Naudé Polit. Considerations Refin'd Politicks iii. 91 A very great design with a long reach, and contrived with much judgment. 1800–24 T. Campbell Margaret & Dora ii Dora's eyes of heavenly blue Pass all painting's reach. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. 50 The highest reach of science is, one may say, an inventive power. 1919 F. A. Cleveland Democracy in Reconstruction 28 Incorporated combinations of capital beyond the reach of the law in the exercise of powers and privileges. 1958 Visct. Montgomery Mem. (1961) 273 Two and a half months of bitter fighting..have brought the end of the war in Europe within sight, almost within reach. c. one's reach exceeds one's grasp (and variants): one aspires to more than one can achieve (after quot. 1855). ΚΠ 1855 R. Browning Andrea del Sarto in Men & Women II. 6 A man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a Heaven for? 1902 Philos. Rev. 11 172 The controlling conviction is that ‘a man's reach should exceed his grasp’. 1934 M. Sherwood Undercurrents of Influence in Eng. Romantic Poetry iii. 144 ‘Vast ideas’ stretched out before him, but his ‘reach’ too far exceeded his ‘grasp’. 1947 Harvard Law Rev. 60 731 His essay is more to be commended for its reach than for its grasp. 1990 People 19 Feb. 29/1 A singer whose vocal reach truly exceeds his octave grasp. 2005 N.Y. Times 3 Apr. iv. 13/3 And Mr. Spitzer must think big, because he wants to be governor. But now his reach has officially exceeded his grasp. extracted from reachn.¹ < as lemmas
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