| 单词 | to make it out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make it out a. transitive. To succeed in accomplishing; to effect, achieve. Now regional exc. colloquial in to make it out: to make shift, get along. See also senses 9b – 9d. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > succeed in or achieve a purpose reacheOE awinc1000 attain1393 speedc1400 comprehenda1450 escheve1489 to make out1535 consecute1536 compass1549 achievea1569 aspire1581 obtain1589 subdue1590 to go a long (also great, short, etc.) way1624 arrivea1657 kill1899 nail1981 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xxxviii. 28 He hath set his minde there vpon, that he wyll make out his worke. a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. v. 64 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) Now she is at a cold scent. Make out your doubles Mistress. O well hunted, That's she. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino i. 19 To implore the Gods that he might never enter that City, which they foresaw he would act the Fury in, and fill it with Blood and Slaughter, which he effectually made out. 1774 Ld. Kames Sketches Hist. Man II. ii. xi. 65 People there [i.e. in a populous city] seldom make out the usual time of life. 1797 A. Barnard Let. 10 Aug. in S. Afr. a Cent. Ago (1901) iii. 73 We wish to have no quarrels and no miffs. They had wished to miff with us, but we are so civil,..they cannot make it out. 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. xxiv. 272 I shall make out my visit to you yet. 1827 Examiner 246/1 Harley, as too frequently happens to this mercurial comedian, has to make out his own part of a roguish innkeeper as well as he is able. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes v. 270 Byron, born rich and noble, made out even less than Burns, poor and plebeian. 1861 W. Collins Tom Tiddler's Ground iv, in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 12 Dec. 22/1 They were artisans and farm-labourers who couldn't make it out in the old country. 1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel I. xiii. 158 If you'll let us make it out here till the 10th of July we'll go into an hotel then. < as lemmas |
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