英语词汇“to work both ways”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P9. to work both ways: (of an action or process) to have a double or mixed (often positive and negative) effect; (of a point or statement) to serve both sides of an argument; cf. to cut both ways at cut v. 2b.

1783 E. Burke Speech on Mr. Fox's E. India Bill 1 Dec. (1784) 94 The influx of fortunes... works both ways; it influences the delinquent, and it may corrupt the minister.

1829 Niles' Reg. 9 May 170/1 No rule..can be laid down..unless it work both ways; one..reason assigned for..men's [higher] wages is ‘that they have families to support’. Has not a woman, a widow, a family to support?

1935 Proc. Acad. Polit. Sci. 16 255 The appeal to experience, it is true, is about the most effective that can be made to Americans. But it works both ways. The experience of the past can become the most stubborn obstacle in the way of progress.

1995 Guardian 18 Feb. 8/7 In discovering that the ‘feel-good factor’ works both ways, one of the researchers..has confirmed that happy physicians both view their patients more humanely—and are more likely to make correct diagnoses.

2006 People (Nexis) 3 Nov. 55 All that hard work can work both ways, though. It can fire you up or it can exhaust you so we will have to see how the players react.

单词	to work both ways
释义	> as lemmas to work both ways P9. to work both ways: (of an action or process) to have a double or mixed (often positive and negative) effect; (of a point or statement) to serve both sides of an argument; cf. to cut both ways at cut v. 2b. Π 1783 E. Burke Speech on Mr. Fox's E. India Bill 1 Dec. (1784) 94 The influx of fortunes... works both ways; it influences the delinquent, and it may corrupt the minister. 1829 Niles' Reg. 9 May 170/1 No rule..can be laid down..unless it work both ways; one..reason assigned for..men's [higher] wages is ‘that they have families to support’. Has not a woman, a widow, a family to support? 1935 Proc. Acad. Polit. Sci. 16 255 The appeal to experience, it is true, is about the most effective that can be made to Americans. But it works both ways. The experience of the past can become the most stubborn obstacle in the way of progress. 1995 Guardian 18 Feb. 8/7 In discovering that the ‘feel-good factor’ works both ways, one of the researchers..has confirmed that happy physicians both view their patients more humanely—and are more likely to make correct diagnoses. 2006 People (Nexis) 3 Nov. 55 All that hard work can work both ways, though. It can fire you up or it can exhaust you so we will have to see how the players react. extracted from workv. < as lemmas
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