| 单词 | to score a point off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto score a point (or points) off a. transitive. To gain, win (a success, etc.). to score a point (or points) off (a person) = to score off at sense 16b (see sense 16b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > gain or win (a success, etc.) to run away with1698 score1883 1883 J. Hawthorne Dust xv. 124 She felt that she had scored the first success in the encounter. 1884 Athenæum 24 May 658 Occasionally the latter editor scores a point. 1884 Manch. Examiner 12 May 5/3 Last year he scored two unequivocal successes. 1885 Manch. Examiner 13 Jan. 5/1 Prince Bismarck has at length scored a victory in his impracticable Reichstag. 1908 Athenæum 27 June 786/2 Though never exactly profound, Macaulay invariably scores his point. 1956 R. Braddon Nancy Wake xiii. 140 Fournier was ecstatic with pride and pleasure—and with delight at having scored a point off Gaspard! 1957 Pract. Wireless 33 558/1 The episode I heard, ‘Rumour is a Lying Jade’, proved very amusing, with both stars scoring points off each other with satisfactory frequency. < as lemmas |
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