| 单词 | to do one's assay |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do one's assay ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > instance of > an effort > one's best effort assayc1385 A-game1972 c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1590 Praynge him that he most doon his assay To gete the flese of golde. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 68 He hath put all his assay To winne thing which he ne may get. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 144 Their malady conuinces The great assay of Art. View more context for this quotation 1634 A. Huish Hymn Endeavouring with our strength and whole assay, Our God to praise. 1828 S. T. Coleridge Christabel (rev. ed.) i, in Poet Wks. II. 54 Deep from within she seems half-way To lift some weight with sick assay. < as lemmas |
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