| 单词 | to get on in the world |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get on (also †up) in the world c. to get on (also †up) in the world. Also in similar phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance, progress, or develop [verb (intransitive)] > rise in prosperity, power, or rank wax971 climba1240 forthgoa1325 arise1340 risec1390 increasea1425 to come upa1475 raise1490 clamber1576 to make one's way1579 grow1622 to get on (also up) in the world1791 1791 J. Woodforde Diary 20 Mar. (1927) III. 257 John Greaves, my Carpenter..married about 2 Years or more ago, to a Servant Maid of Mrs. Lombe's..and lived very happy together and daily getting up in the World. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. vii. ⁋6 Do they get on in the world? 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxviii. 196 His family is getting up in the world. 1883 D. C. Murray Hearts (1885) xiv. 112 I am getting on a little in the world, and am in the way to earn a little money. 1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 124 It used to be said that members of large families get on in the world. 1933 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Cloud Howe ii. 87 She deaved John Muir from morning till night to get out of his job, a common bit roadman, and get on in the world. 1996 I. Donnachie et al. Studying Sc. Hist., Lit. & Culture 120 But all develop the same stereotypes of the self-sacrificing mother, the stern-but-just father, the ‘lad o' pairts’ (the son who gets on in the world),..and, at the centre of the novel, the community itself. < as lemmas |
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