英语词汇“to sell the family jewels”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. figurative and in extended use. Things, qualities, etc., considered to be of great value (materially or otherwise); spec. the most valuable aspects, assets, or resources of a country, company, etc. Also occasionally in singular: one of such qualities, assets, etc. Now chiefly in to sell (off) the family jewels and variants: = to sell (off) the family silver at family silver n. Phrases.

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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > assets

family jewels1819

asset1825

net asset1863

fixed asset1898

intangible1914

net current asset1919

hidden reserve1930

tangible assets1930

family silver1976

1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. iv. 267 His writings..are caskets which inclose within a small compass the wealth of the language—its family jewels.

1823 J. Neal Randolph I. 281 The men of New England may justly boast of their ancestry... Their ‘family jewels’ are not hand-cuffs nor manacles.

1888 H. McCulloch Men & Meas. Half Cent. i. 7 New England mothers are no longer prolific. The family jewels are not sons and daughters, but stocks and bonds, and luxurious homes.

1960 S. Ullman Image in Mod. French Novel iii. 173 Some of them [sc. figurative images in Proust] tend to be purely ornamental or a little precious: the chamber music of the flies, blue eyes inherited as a family jewel.

1975 U.S. News & World Rep. 7 Apr. 21/1 The family jewels are in Saigon and the Delta. That's where most of the people are and most of the rice is grown.

1990 New Republic 5 Nov. 12/2 In the budget fight, Bush gave away the family jewels, the last ideological bond among Republicans—no new taxes.

1997 M. Rauscher Internat. Trade, Factor Movements, & Environment viii. 248 Indebted countries..overexploit their natural resource bases, i.e...sell the family jewels in order to be able to service the debt.

2001 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 18 Dec. Rangers have nevertheless been systematically selling off the family jewels. Jorg Albertz, Giovanni van Bronckhurst,..and Kenny Miller have all gone.

单词	to sell the family jewels
释义	> as lemmas to sell (off) the family jewels b. figurative and in extended use. Things, qualities, etc., considered to be of great value (materially or otherwise); spec. the most valuable aspects, assets, or resources of a country, company, etc. Also occasionally in singular: one of such qualities, assets, etc. Now chiefly in to sell (off) the family jewels and variants: = to sell (off) the family silver at family silver n. Phrases. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > assets family jewels1819 asset1825 net asset1863 fixed asset1898 intangible1914 net current asset1919 hidden reserve1930 tangible assets1930 family silver1976 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. iv. 267 His writings..are caskets which inclose within a small compass the wealth of the language—its family jewels. 1823 J. Neal Randolph I. 281 The men of New England may justly boast of their ancestry... Their ‘family jewels’ are not hand-cuffs nor manacles. 1888 H. McCulloch Men & Meas. Half Cent. i. 7 New England mothers are no longer prolific. The family jewels are not sons and daughters, but stocks and bonds, and luxurious homes. 1960 S. Ullman Image in Mod. French Novel iii. 173 Some of them [sc. figurative images in Proust] tend to be purely ornamental or a little precious: the chamber music of the flies, blue eyes inherited as a family jewel. 1975 U.S. News & World Rep. 7 Apr. 21/1 The family jewels are in Saigon and the Delta. That's where most of the people are and most of the rice is grown. 1990 New Republic 5 Nov. 12/2 In the budget fight, Bush gave away the family jewels, the last ideological bond among Republicans—no new taxes. 1997 M. Rauscher Internat. Trade, Factor Movements, & Environment viii. 248 Indebted countries..overexploit their natural resource bases, i.e...sell the family jewels in order to be able to service the debt. 2001 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 18 Dec. Rangers have nevertheless been systematically selling off the family jewels. Jorg Albertz, Giovanni van Bronckhurst,..and Kenny Miller have all gone. extracted from family jewelsn. < as lemmas
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