| 单词 | to make a stab at |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make (or have, etc.) a stab at (something) f. In colloquial phrase to make (or have, etc.) a stab at (something) , to try, attempt; to make a shot at. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] fandOE assayc1300 tryc1315 provec1330 adventurea1387 sayc1390 paina1400 havec1400 practisea1450 afforcec1487 afond1488 attempta1538 procure1574 endeavour1581 offer1611 poacha1616 attent1620 to venture at1623 essay1641 attentate1656 smacka1657 tempt1697 to try at1794 to have a go1802 to make a (good, poor, etc.) fist1833 tackle1847 to have or take a whack at1891 to make (or have, etc.) a stab at (something)1895 to have a dash (at)1916 1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Dec. 115 Stab, to make a, to make a blind attempt to answer a question. 1908 K. McGaffey Sorrows of Show Girl 235 I..made a stab for the rail. 1915 P. G. Wodehouse Something Fresh xi. 315 ‘I do wish that this time you would endeavour..not to make a fool of yourself.’.. ‘I'll have a jolly good stab at it, governor.’ 1930 J. Galsworthy Roof vi. 96 D'you think you'll be able to travel the day after to-morrow?.. I'll have a good stab at it, as my more genial colleagues say. 1940 ‘N. Shute’ Old Captivity x. 294 We may have to come back again... But I think we'll have a stab at it. 1961 Press Jrnl. Apr. 10/3 Let's say you're going to take a stab at writing up the annual office picnic. 1973 ‘S. Woods’ Enter Corpse 113 ‘Now that,’ said Nelson, ‘I can't believe.’ ‘You might have a stab at it,’ Maitland suggested, ‘It happens to be true.’ 1980 W. Maxwell So Long, see you Tomorrow (1981) ii. 7 She may have made a stab at being a mother to my older brother and me. < as lemmas |
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