英语词汇“to box on”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. intransitive. To continue boxing or fighting.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)]

box1581

to box it out (also to box it off)1689

spar1755

mill1829

scrap1874

to box on1898

1898 Sportsman (Melbourne) 31 Oct. If, at the end of twenty rounds, he could not decide on the winner, the lads would box on until such time as he was satisfied one was superior to the other.

2004 M. Vann & R. Coomber Give me Ring (e-book ed.) As soon as I told them to box on, Lewis was all over him and I quickly got between them to call a halt.

2. intransitive. colloquial (chiefly Australian and New Zealand). To carry on, to continue one's course, activity, etc.; to persevere, to persist in an endeavour, esp. in adverse circumstances.

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1913 Geelong Advertiser 17 July 4/4 Mr. Mottram said they would ‘box on’. Notwithstanding the economic pressure brought upon them..he did not believe many men would offer their services to Stene and Siddeley to scab.

1959 ‘D. Buckingham’ Wind Tunnel vii. 61 I would face her with Paddy's story and then ‘box-on’ from there.

1965 New Statesman 7 May 725/1 However clever and facile I was, I lost friends and failed to influence people. But I boxed on.

2010 J. O'Connor Ghost Light (2011) ii. 27 I'll let you trundle along. Don't listen if you see her. Better box on, myself.

单词	to box on
释义	> as lemmas to box on to box on 1. intransitive. To continue boxing or fighting. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] box1581 to box it out (also to box it off)1689 spar1755 mill1829 scrap1874 to box on1898 1898 Sportsman (Melbourne) 31 Oct. If, at the end of twenty rounds, he could not decide on the winner, the lads would box on until such time as he was satisfied one was superior to the other. 2004 M. Vann & R. Coomber Give me Ring (e-book ed.) As soon as I told them to box on, Lewis was all over him and I quickly got between them to call a halt. 2. intransitive. colloquial (chiefly Australian and New Zealand). To carry on, to continue one's course, activity, etc.; to persevere, to persist in an endeavour, esp. in adverse circumstances. ΚΠ 1913 Geelong Advertiser 17 July 4/4 Mr. Mottram said they would ‘box on’. Notwithstanding the economic pressure brought upon them..he did not believe many men would offer their services to Stene and Siddeley to scab. 1959 ‘D. Buckingham’ Wind Tunnel vii. 61 I would face her with Paddy's story and then ‘box-on’ from there. 1965 New Statesman 7 May 725/1 However clever and facile I was, I lost friends and failed to influence people. But I boxed on. 2010 J. O'Connor Ghost Light (2011) ii. 27 I'll let you trundle along. Don't listen if you see her. Better box on, myself. extracted from boxv.¹ < as lemmas
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