单词 | to be in one's way |
释义 | > as lemmasto be (also get, stand, etc.) in one's way (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. < as lemmas |
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