英语词汇“to strain a point”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

f. to strain a point: to exceed one's usual limits of procedure, to do more than one is bound to do or go further than one is entitled to go in a matter. Cf. stretch v.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > go beyond bounds > beyond one's ordinary bounds

to stretch string1565

to strain a point1596

stretch1766

1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 401 He would not sticke to straine a point, so that he might glorifie Saint Thomas thereby.

1661 J. Godolphin Συνηγορος Θαλασσιος Introd. sig. [a5] In time of war they strain a point to drive a Colourable Trade.

1757 B. Keene Desp. 26 Sept. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 219 Tho' we should have strain'd a Point to serve Him.

1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone xxxiv. 343 We've not quite so much proof as I could wish. It would be straining a point to arrest him, as it stands.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 27 You must be generous, strain point, and call Victory, any the least flush of pink Made prize of.

单词	to strain a point
释义	> as lemmas to strain a point f. to strain a point: to exceed one's usual limits of procedure, to do more than one is bound to do or go further than one is entitled to go in a matter. Cf. stretch v. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > go beyond bounds > beyond one's ordinary bounds to stretch string1565 to strain a point1596 stretch1766 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 401 He would not sticke to straine a point, so that he might glorifie Saint Thomas thereby. 1661 J. Godolphin Συνηγορος Θαλασσιος Introd. sig. [a5] In time of war they strain a point to drive a Colourable Trade. 1757 B. Keene Desp. 26 Sept. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 219 Tho' we should have strain'd a Point to serve Him. 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone xxxiv. 343 We've not quite so much proof as I could wish. It would be straining a point to arrest him, as it stands. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 27 You must be generous, strain point, and call Victory, any the least flush of pink Made prize of. extracted from strainv.¹ < as lemmas
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