| 单词 | to draw a line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto draw a line a. to draw the line, to draw a line. extracted from drawv. (a) To determine or define a limit or boundary; to make a distinction between two things or groups. Frequently in to draw the line between.See also to draw a fine line at fine adj., adv., and n.2 Phrases 7, to draw a bright line at bright line n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > discriminate, distinguish [phrase] to tell tother (or t'other) from whicha1325 can (or could) skillc1340 tella1425 to thread the difference1627 to cut (to) a thread (between)1647 to draw the line1766 1766 Scots Mag. Apr. 172/1 Here I would draw the line, Quam ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum [i.e. on either side of which right cannot be found]. 1770 Extract Let. from House of Representatives of Massachusets-Bay 16 Our wise forefathers drew a line between the supreme legislative power of the Mother-Country and the constitutional rights of her Colonies, as free-born English Subjects. 1793 Acct. Trial Fyshe Palmer 42 Such a publication is seditious; by the old law it was more, for sedition was treason. I am thankful, that our law does not go so far; but it is difficult..to draw the line. 1821 Examiner 16 Sept. 582/1 Reformers in particular must take pains to shew that they know how to draw the line between private and public feeling. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 233 In contentious suits it is difficult to draw the line between judicial decision and arbitration. 1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male xx. 595 If the term prostitution were to be applied to all sexual acts for which either participant received some valuable consideration, it would be impossible to draw a line between the most obvious sorts of commercialized prostitution and the relationships of every husband and wife. 2006 Daily Tel. 13 Sept. 4/4 The trouble with exempting cohabiting siblings from inheritance tax is where to draw the line. How long do they have to cohabit for? What about step-siblings, or half siblings? (b) colloquial. To set a limit on what one is willing to do or accept. Frequently in to draw the line at. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > at a certain point or specified limit subsista1639 stop1737 to draw the line1839 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > refuse to do something warnc900 withsaya1225 wondec1315 refusea1325 denya1400 nayc1400 recusec1425 renayc1489 renounce1582 disclaim1586 to draw the line1839 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby lii. 517 ‘We don't shave gentlemen in your line,’..‘Why, I see you a shaving of a baker when I was a looking through the winder, last week,’ said the coal-heaver. ‘It's necessary to draw the line somewheres my fine feller... We draw the line there.’ 1881 Scribner's Monthly Jan. 409/2 Feathers an' flowers is different things. You must draw the line somewhere, an' I draw it at feathers. 1956 W. E. Collinson in Moderna Språk 50 13 Even today the British printer would draw the line at the f-word used in Lady Chatterley's Lover. 1986 New Statesman 26 Sept. 24/1 Mike Terry of Anti-Apartheid says..they draw a line when it comes to British publishers making a commercial venture out of South Africa. 2018 New Yorker 10 Sept. 54/2 She drew the line at covering her hair, as some Jewish modesty laws require. < as lemmas |
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