单词 | to takevantage |
释义 | > as lemmasto take..vantage (of) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > give opportunity for [verb (transitive)] > take (opportunity) catchc1425 to take‥vantage (of)1573 apprehend1586 to take odds of1596 to catch at ——1610 feea1616 seize1618 nick1634 to jump at1769 (a) (b)1591 J. Lyly Endimion ii. i. sig. C3v You will be sure I shall take no vantage of your words.1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. ii. 9 The armie of the Antemnates, taking the vantage of the time,..entred the confines of Rome.1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant xvi. 40 I Will take no 'vantage of thy Miserie.1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 2 If the vantage had bene presently takin. c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 23 If any will take vantage, that yet their censers were holy,..let vs consider what holines this was. a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. C6v [He] takes his vantage on Religion, To plant the Pope and popelings in the Realme. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 50 Hee thought to make his Vantage upon his Parliament. < as lemmas |
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