英语词汇“to move, roll, or turn every stone or all stones”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to leave no stone unturned (also formerly to move, roll, or turn every stone or all stones): to try every possible expedient in order to bring about a desired result.

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the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > try all means

to make busy, good, hard shifta1500

to move, roll, or turn every stone or all stonesc1555

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)] > search exhaustively

to turn every straw?c1225

to rake (out) hell1542

leave no straw unturned1575

to leave no stone unturned1670

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c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Bvi He wil refuse no labor, nor leaue no stone vnturned, to pick vp a penny.

1569 T. Underdowne tr. Heliodorus Æthiop. Hist. viii. 108 b Now turne euery stoane, deuise al maner of meanes.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxv. xxiii. 565 Hee would leave no stone unrolled, but trie all waies that could be devised.

1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies Epist. sig. B^v They make so much adoe, and move every stone against us.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. iii. 190 [He] has left no stone unturn'd to arrive at his designs.

1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) x. lxx. 144 Still he persever'd all stones to roll, Which might that one in Juda's Bosom move.

1791 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 349 We shall not be negligent; no stone will be left unturned.

1873 A. P. Stanley Serm. in East 108 He left no stone unturned to do the work which was set before him.

单词	to move, roll, or turn every stone or all stones
释义	> as lemmas to move, roll, or turn every stone or all stones c. to leave no stone unturned (also formerly to move, roll, or turn every stone or all stones): to try every possible expedient in order to bring about a desired result. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > try all means to make busy, good, hard shifta1500 to move, roll, or turn every stone or all stonesc1555 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)] > search exhaustively to turn every straw?c1225 to rake (out) hell1542 leave no straw unturned1575 to leave no stone unturned1670 trawl1980 c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Bvi He wil refuse no labor, nor leaue no stone vnturned, to pick vp a penny. 1569 T. Underdowne tr. Heliodorus Æthiop. Hist. viii. 108 b Now turne euery stoane, deuise al maner of meanes. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxv. xxiii. 565 Hee would leave no stone unrolled, but trie all waies that could be devised. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies Epist. sig. B^v They make so much adoe, and move every stone against us. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. iii. 190 [He] has left no stone unturn'd to arrive at his designs. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) x. lxx. 144 Still he persever'd all stones to roll, Which might that one in Juda's Bosom move. 1791 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 349 We shall not be negligent; no stone will be left unturned. 1873 A. P. Stanley Serm. in East 108 He left no stone unturned to do the work which was set before him. extracted from stonen. < as lemmas
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