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单词 to rub it in
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to rub it in
4. transitive. slang. To draw attention to or reiterate (something embarrassing or disagreeable), esp. in to rub it in. Cf. to rub a person's nose in it at nose n. Phrases 2g.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > render outstanding
aggravate1549
accent1595
to lay weight upon1600
emphase1631
circumflect1643
to lay (also place, put) stress on (also upon)1653
to set home1656
forestall1657
circumflex1661
signalize1698
to lay stress, weight, emphasis on or upon1748
emphasize1793
accentuate1817
stress1845
to rub in1851
to draw out1855
underline1880
punctuate1883
peak1887
underscore1891
to point up1926
1851 J. B. Lamar et al. Polly Peablossom's Wedding & Other Tales 146 When it comes to rubbin' it in, I always in gen'rally kinder r'ars up an' won't stan' it.
1870 Western Mail 27 May 3/7Rubbing it in well’ is another well-known phrase amongst the doubtful portion of the constabulary.
1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous ix Ye needn't rub it in any more.
1917 N. Munro Jimmy Swan Joy Traveller 183 Brief life is here our portion, as the hymn says, but we needna rub it in to Rachel's friends that even the Thorpes get old and disappear.
1941 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 16 Sept. in War Diaries (2001) 183 I had rubbed in the fact that the new ‘manpower ceiling’ which he had imposed was resulting in..a reduction of a ¼ of the infantry force of this country.
2001 J. Diamond C: Because Cowards get Cancer Too (new ed.) viii. 147 I came round in what I still think of as Intensive Care but which hospitals, just to rub it in, now call the High Dependency Unit.
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