单词 | to carry the victory |
释义 | > as lemmasto carry the victory a. transitive. To take (something) away, esp. by force or effort. Also in extended use: to succeed in obtaining (something). In later use chiefly (now only) in to carry the victory: to win a victory; to be victorious.See also to carry the day at day n. 13, and to carry off 4 at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > win (any contest or prize) > win (a prize, etc.) to bear awayc1325 getc1330 winc1330 to go away with1489 to carry away1565 carry1570 to bear off?1615 to carry off1680 to take out1976 1570 Tressoun of Dumbartane in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 173 Gone is thair game,..Thair cattell caryit, thair Granges set in fyre. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Enchere,..any Portsale, Outrope, or bargaining, wherein he that bids most for a thing is to carrie it. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xxvii. 152 He had carried the Consulship for a Frend of his. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 379 Consider..what the Issue may be, if the Tempter should carry thy Choice. 1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. V. 57 He had carried the prize of the horse-race in the Olympick games. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlii. 48 He strove to carry with his own hand the victory. 2015 Afr. News (Nexis) 25 Feb. The Amsterdam boys carried the victory after scoring a brilliant goal to snatch the vital three points. < as lemmas |
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