单词 | to hang in |
释义 | > as lemmasto hang in to hang in intransitive. To persist in spite of adversity (as of a boxer apparently facing defeat); to hold out or endure; also, to wait around. Frequently imperative and with there. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > be constant or steadfast [verb (intransitive)] > endure without giving way bearOE sustaina1382 dreec1400 to bear, hold tack1580 to stick out1677 to tough it (out)1830 to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip1837 to take it (or life) on the chin1928 to hang in1969 1969 New Yorker 14 June 44/3 He tries a careful, hang-in-there, soft crosscourt top-spin dink. 1971 E. E. Landy Underground Dict. 98 Hang in (there). 1971 Atlantic Monthly May 6/1 [President Nixon] has a long history of coming from behind..and of confronting adversities, and it would be in his nature to hang in there and fight. 1972 Dict. Contemp. & Colloq. Usage (Eng.-Lang. Inst. Amer.) 15/1 Hang in there, buddy, you'll soon feel better. To make sense; to fit in or carry through, as a conclusion that is appropriate for what went before. 1974 New York 18 Mar. 39 Rose Mary Woods is hanging in, but her friends say it has been difficult. 1979 J. Heller Good as Gold 347 Hang in there, if you can, until his eyes turn glassy and he starts to yawn. 1982 Observer 26 Sept. 25/7 Mrs Mao had him down and almost out, but he hung in. 1984 J. Archer First among Equals xii. 134 ‘No, no,’ said Simon. ‘I'll hang in there now that I've waited this long.’ < as lemmas |
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