请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 re-exert
释义

re-exertv.

Brit. /ˌriːᵻɡˈzəːt/, /ˌriːɛɡˈzəːt/, U.S. /ˌriɪɡˈzərt/, /ˌriɛɡˈzərt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, exert v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + exert v.
transitive. To exert (something, esp. some force or influence) again.
ΚΠ
1748 S. Bourn Vindic. Princ. & Prac. Protestant Dissenters iii. 88 If..People were prevailed on to give up these Rights, which should be unalienable, ought they not to agree now in reclaiming and re-exerting them?
1782 J. Smeaton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 72 346 The operation of half the mechanic power is..only locked up and suspended, and capable of being re-exerted.
1890 Evening Jrnl. (Waukesha, Wisconsin) 26 May 1/5 My pulse seemed to stir, my heart beat, my will to re-exert itself, and in a few minutes I was myself.
1975 Economist (Nexis) 22 Nov. 78 Oil producers..look to the conference for a chance to re-exert leadership over the third world.
2006 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 1 May (Features section) 15 Many families have been only too happy that tagging..has spared their son or daughter jail, and have used the opportunity to re-exert control over them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
v.1748
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/11 10:26:17