| 单词 | to string along with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto string along with d. To extend or continue. Const. along, out. to string along with: to accompany, to agree with, to support or go along with (usually without undue enthusiasm). Occasionally without const. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > continue doing or keep going in a course of action [verb (intransitive)] to hold a wayOE to hold forthc1200 to hold ona1225 reignc1300 lasta1325 continuea1340 to continue doing or to doc1384 pursuea1425 perseverec1425 to hold one's wayc1480 prosecute1528 to go on1533 to run on1533 keep1548 to follow on1560 insist1586 to keep on1589 to carry on1832 to carry on1857 string1869 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > continue [verb (transitive)] continuea1340 string1869 the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agree with [verb (transitive)] > without undue enthusiasm to string along with1927 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 21 So much of the 400 or 500 pages still left are reprint, and so will string out a heap. 1877 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Monthly Nov. 591/1 Isaac knelt down and began to pray: he strung along, and strung along..till everybody had got tired. 1896 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Mag. Aug. 351/2 Well, the time strung along and along, and that fellow never come! 1927 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 67/2 To this day the B. F. Keith chain call the small-time ‘The Family Time’ but the players still string along with the theatrical paper [sc. Variety]. 1937 J. Steinbeck Of Mice & Men 59 Funny how you an' him string along together. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 31 May 15/1 The majority of the bettors decided to string along with Blind Path, a well bred youngster making his seasonal debut. 1950 ‘S. Ransome’ Deadly Miss Ashley ix. 103 String along, won't you? Don't let me down. 1955 M. Allingham Beckoning Lady iii. 39 She had been..much younger than the crowd which had grown up with Minnie, but she had strung along with them. 1960 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves in Offing vii. 75 I string along with that school of thought. 1972 L. P. Davies What did I do Tomorrow? ix. 114 I wasn't going to be taken in. I'll string along, I thought. 1978 A. Gilchrist Cod Wars xi. 109 If at some particular moment, they were stringing along with those other departments and accepting..a continued tough line of policy, then my warning telegrams might seem tactless, tiresome, inept. < as lemmas |
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