| 单词 | to drum home |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto drum home to drum home: to make someone learn or understand (something) by constant repetition; to emphasize (a point, fact, etc.) by repeating it. ΚΠ 1907 Electr. Rev. 15 Nov. 827/2 To alcohol..we are told will posterity have to turn for fuel... A cheerful outlook! but none the less a fact which ought to be drummed home to those careless wasters who throw away half the capacity of the fuel they burn. 1921 Administration Dec. 821 In drumming home this point.., Mr Raymond thus quotes from a well-known business authority. 1997 W. Self Great Apes (1998) xiv. 236 I showed you that I would be having another patient staying with us, but I just want to drum this home a bit more. 2005 Independent on Sunday 2 Oct. (ABC Mag.) 20/3 To drum home how closely the food fitted the daily rhythms, he's at pains to point out in the introduction that the pictures weren't mocked up by stylists at a studio. < as lemmas |
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