| 单词 | to struggle for existence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto struggle for existence 4. To make great efforts in spite of difficulties; to contend resolutely with (a task, burden); to strive to do something difficult. †Also const. at. to struggle for existence: cf. struggle n. 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > strive or struggle hiec888 to stand inc1175 wrag?c1225 wrestle?c1225 stretcha1375 strivec1384 pressc1390 hitc1400 wring1470 fend15.. battle1502 contend?1518 reluct1526 flichter1528 touse1542 struggle1597 to lay in1599 strain?1606 stickle1613 fork1681 sprattle1786 buffet1824 fight1859 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > make strenuous efforts > in face of difficulties wring1470 warslea1500 contend?1518 agonize1570 wrestle1591 struggle1597 throe1615 pull1676 sprattle1786 the world > life > source or principle of life > [verb (intransitive)] > sustain life liveeOE subsist1602 to struggle for existence1849 support1869 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > make strenuous efforts > in face of difficulties > for survival to struggle for existence1849 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvii. 180 They struggle with that which they cannot fully master. 1644 King Charles I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 299 Besydes our taske is not litle that we strugle with. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 606 They..wish and struggle, as they pass, to reach The tempting stream. View more context for this quotation 1687 F. Atterbury Answer Considerations Spirit Luther 64 The Church of England..had struggl'd and heav'd at a Reformation, ever since Wicliff's dayes. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxxiv. 61 Who, that is struggling under his own evils, will add to them the miseries of another? 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. i. 5 She struggled to overcome the pleadings of her heart. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxix. 51 And when he struggled at a smile, His eye looked haggard wild. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 36 Such an opportunity as seldom occurs, of cheering a noble mind struggling under misfortunes. 1833 C. Lamb Death-bed in Last Ess. Elia 215 Where for years they have been struggling to raise a Girls' School with no effect. 1849 Q. Rev. Mar. 391 Long-horns [sc. cattle] which still struggle for a separate existence in a small district. 1855 Poultry Chron. 2 498 I saw a hungry little bantam cock struggling with a huge corn much too large for his gullet. 1856 A. Marsh Evelyn Marston xxxv Beds..where the same description of flowers were struggling for existence. 1862 C. S. Calverley Verses & Transl. (ed. 2) 31 I hear that youth..struggling with the first few bars. And I do think the amateur cornopean Should be put down by law. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay i. 7 Glynn was struggling to answer the question..‘Where have I seen that face?’ 1897 H. Caine Christian i. x. 47 When spoken to they would struggle to smile, but the smiles would break down after a moment. 1907 J. H. Patterson Man-eaters of Tsavo xviii. 190 Along the baked banks of which [dry ravines] a few stunted trees—the only ones to be seen—struggle to keep themselves alive. < as lemmas |
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