| 单词 | to redouble one's efforts |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto redouble one's efforts 2. transitive. To increase, intensify. Esp. in to redouble one's efforts. Also occasionally more specifically (chiefly in early use): to increase twofold, to double. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase by specific proportion doublec1290 treblea1325 triplea1400 redouble1477 quadruple1487 sextuple1632 quintuple1639 quinquiplicate1656 quintuplicate1676 fivefold1858 tenfold1858 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > multiplication by two > multiply by two or double [verb (transitive)] doublec1290 duplec1425 redouble1477 duplify1509 reduplicate1570 duplicate1623 ingeminate1625 geminatea1637 twice1637 iterate1660 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 18 b I haue yet good wil that to morne I shal redouble that. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xlii. 159 These tydynges dyde redouble her ioye ouer mesure. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 249v By this meanes are the customes redoubeled. 1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 21 v Thy losse hath redoubled the torment of my owne [grief]. 1592 Soliman & Pers. v. ii. 63 He lept for ioy, swearing and promising That our reward should be redoubled. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 219 The feare which she hath lest her little one should take harme redoubleth her courage. 1698 S. Clarke Scripture-justif. iv. 18 When God justified Job,..he return'd and redoubled all his Temporal Blessings to him again. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. vi. 192 This made our people redouble their efforts. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia II. iv. x. 261 Mrs. Delvile, who perceived her uneasiness with much concern, redoubled her civilities and caresses. 1809 S. T. Coleridge Three Graves iii, in Friend 21 Sept. 93 There was a Hurry in her Looks, Her struggles she redoubled. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. x. 513 The King's alms and prayers and fastings are redoubled. 1899 K. Chopin Awakening x. 68 Of late he had sometimes held away from her for an entire day, redoubling his devotion upon the next..as though to make up for hours that had been lost. 1915 Lima (Ohio) Daily News 6 Mar. 1/1 The steamers rushing to her assistance had redoubled their speed. 1916 C. S. Churchill Let. 4 Feb. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) vii. 168 I really have worked hard but now I shall have to redouble my efforts to deserve all this. 1959 C. Ogburn Marauders (1960) iv. 125 The Japanese..redoubled the fire of their grenade launchers. 1986 E. E. Scharff Worldly Power xv. 274 After Watergate other publications redoubled their investigative reporting, sometimes going to extremes. 2000 D. Ginsberg Waiting vii. 175 My father redoubled his efforts to make Peppy's a place where everybody would want to eat. < as lemmas |
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