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单词 to gain the wind
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to gain the wind
c. Phrase. to gain time [= French gagner du temps, gagner temps] : to obtain a delay by pretexts, by a slow or circuitous mode of procedure, etc. to gain the ear of: to induce to listen favourably (see ear n.1 Phrases 2l). to gain the wind [= French gagner le vent] : Nautical (see quot. 1867).
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > play for time
temporize1579
to gain time1720
to play for time1883
stall1903
the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > persuade or prevail upon > to do something > to listen
to gain the ear of1720
1611 Bible (King James) Dan. ii. 8 I know of certeinty that ye would gaine the time (a literal rendering of the Aramaic zbn).]
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 52 Ambiguous Answers..might serve to gain Time.
1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 356 If on a Pillory, or near a Throne, He gain his Prince's Ear, or lose his own.
1792 W. Cowper To Wilberforce 7 Thou hast achieved a part; hast gained the ear of Britain's senate to thy glorious cause.
a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 157 His eloquence had gained for him the ear of the legislature.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) To gain the wind, to arrive on the weather-side of some other vessel in sight, when both are plying to windward.
1884 Times (weekly ed.) 31 Oct. 14/3 To gain the ear of the House.
1885 J. Payn Talk of Town I. 89 Frank Dennis was of the party and could gain her ear at any moment.
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