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

f. to bend (also stretch) the rules: to interpret the rules leniently; to overlook or allow an infringement of the rules.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of strictness > lessen in strictness or severity [verb (transitive)] > relax (rules)

to dispense withc1380

excuse1646

waivea1665

to bend (also stretch) the rules1689

1689 R. Atkyns Enq. Power Dispensing with Penal Statutes 36 Let us not..approve of all things, tho' delivered by Authors of greatest Name, for they often serve the Times, or their Affections, and bend the Rules as occasion requires.

1723 tr. J. C. A. Helvétius Ess. Animal Oecon. Pref. p. iv Various Occasions present themselves, wherein we are obliged to bend these Rules, to enlarge their Sense and Meaning.

1845 Rep. Supreme Courts Scotl. 17 500/1 We cannot, however, stretch the rules by which we interpret the requisites of the statute.

1879 Donahoe's Mag. Apr. 359/2 Even if the trade rules were unyielding, and more against than for the workmen, then they must endeavor and stretch the rules as far as they could.

1905 Cosmopolitan Mag. Oct. 664/1 The other women chatted a little at their work—bending the rules but not breaking them.

1973 Times 2 Nov. 5/7 Trying to get other members of the European Community to ‘bend the rules’ so that exports can be resumed.

1977 ‘O. Jacks’ Autumn Heroes ii. 37 He bent over backwards to be straight in all his dealings... He wouldn't stretch the rules.

1999 XCity (Dept. of Journalism, City Univ., London) Mar. 9/3 What's the most outrageous bending of the rules you've witnessed?

单词	to bend the rules
释义	> as lemmas to bend (also stretch) the rules f. to bend (also stretch) the rules: to interpret the rules leniently; to overlook or allow an infringement of the rules. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of strictness > lessen in strictness or severity [verb (transitive)] > relax (rules) to dispense withc1380 excuse1646 waivea1665 to bend (also stretch) the rules1689 1689 R. Atkyns Enq. Power Dispensing with Penal Statutes 36 Let us not..approve of all things, tho' delivered by Authors of greatest Name, for they often serve the Times, or their Affections, and bend the Rules as occasion requires. 1723 tr. J. C. A. Helvétius Ess. Animal Oecon. Pref. p. iv Various Occasions present themselves, wherein we are obliged to bend these Rules, to enlarge their Sense and Meaning. 1845 Rep. Supreme Courts Scotl. 17 500/1 We cannot, however, stretch the rules by which we interpret the requisites of the statute. 1879 Donahoe's Mag. Apr. 359/2 Even if the trade rules were unyielding, and more against than for the workmen, then they must endeavor and stretch the rules as far as they could. 1905 Cosmopolitan Mag. Oct. 664/1 The other women chatted a little at their work—bending the rules but not breaking them. 1973 Times 2 Nov. 5/7 Trying to get other members of the European Community to ‘bend the rules’ so that exports can be resumed. 1977 ‘O. Jacks’ Autumn Heroes ii. 37 He bent over backwards to be straight in all his dealings... He wouldn't stretch the rules. 1999 XCity (Dept. of Journalism, City Univ., London) Mar. 9/3 What's the most outrageous bending of the rules you've witnessed? extracted from rulen.¹ < as lemmas
随便看	refrigerator refrigerator beef remnant counter remnant sale remnantal remnanter remnantest remnants remobilisation remobilisations remobilise remobilises remobilization remobilizations remobilize remobilized remobilizes remobilizing remock remodel remodeled remodeler remodelers remodeling remodelled

> as lemmas