| 单词 | to make a mark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a (also one's) mark 22. to make a (also one's) mark: to make a permanent, important, or obvious impression on a person, field of study, activity, etc.; to attain distinction. Similarly to leave a (also one's) mark(s). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] > occupy distinguished position to make a (also one's) mark1820 bahadur1860 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > attain distinction to make a (also one's) mark1820 to leave a (also one's) mark(s)1857 1820 J. E. Roscoe Poems 40 So, on my soul, do sorrow and dismay, and tracks of earthly suffering leave their mark. a1847 T. Chalmers in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Amer. (1860) 262 Men..called out to make and leave their mark upon the world. 1854 Harper's Mag. Sept. 561/2 There was a time when Jacob made his mark upon the stock-brokers and money-changers of that monetary locality. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xiii. 707 The movement was now becoming sufficiently active to leave its marks on the writings of far inferior men. 1898 Daily News 11 Jan. 6/7 Politicians who have left their mark upon the first sixty years of New Zealand's existence. 1909 G. Stein Three Lives 17 No scolding or abuse could make its mark on her uncouth and aged peasant hide. 1927 C. Bell Landmarks 19th-Cent. Painting 147 They have not failed to leave a mark on history. 1952 A. J. Cronin Adventures in Two Worlds i. 15 In medicine, or some other field, I believe that you will make your mark. 1974 Radio Times 3 Jan. 49/4 Pop music has produced many trendsetters—we pick three who've made their mark in the 70s. 1991 J. Richardson Picasso iii. 37 Originally settled by the Armorican Celts..[Corunna] was later colonized by successive invaders, each of whom left their mark. < as lemmas |
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