| 单词 | to even up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto even up to even up 1. transitive. To make (something) even or equal; to balance; to compensate. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > balance peisea1382 counterpoise1393 counterweighc1430 ballast1611 evena1618 equilibrate1625 balance1634 poise1639 to hold scale with1650 weigh1697 equipoisea1764 trim1817 to even up1863 1863 U.S. Patent 37,927 4/2 Conveying the bristles to the feeding-belts for the assorting devices, preparatory to their being carded and evened up. 1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice Introd. 15 They take..what he [sc. Anselm] says of justice as if he [sc. Christ] were engaged to even up the score of penalty. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 1 Nov. 9/1 When they return to-morrow it is quite possible that those who sold yesterday in order to even up their books may be again purchasers. 1908 Daily Chron. 9 Mar. 3/3 But all things are evened up in every age. 1921 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Three vii. 87 Fisher evened up and raised again, watching his worried opponent. 1953 P. Adler House is not Home vii. 238 So far as I was concerned this kind deed evened things up and canceled out all the unpleasantness. 2010 K. R. Crippen Orig. Buffalo Bills vi. 74 Buffalo took advantage of a Cleveland fumble to even up the score. 2. intransitive. U.S. colloquial. to even up on: to requite, repay, or make a return to a person; (also) to recoup money at the expense of a person. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person) foryield971 to quit or yield (one) his whilec1175 acquitc1300 quitc1330 restore?a1400 refound1438 requite1530 regrate?c1550 repay1557 redub1558 quittance1590 to meet witha1593 to pay (a person) (off) scot and lot1598 meeta1625 retaliate1629 reimburse1644 compensate1804 to even up on1879 1879 Dollar Press (Greencastle, Indiana) 14 May 1/5 The operators cut each other on the contracts, and then try to even up on the miners. 1892 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends (1893) 88 ‘You and the Cap has done me a good turn’ he says. ‘Some day I'll even up on you.’ 1933 Writer's Monthly Mar. 147/2 He may even seem to be evening up on you for the bowing he has had to do in retaining the favor of some of his guild members. 2012 W. W. Johnstone & J. A. Johnstone Hundred Ways to Kill viii. 123 Waco Brindle's making noises about evening up on you two. < as lemmas |
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