英语词汇“to swim against the stream or the tide”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to swim with or down the stream or the tide, to act in conformity with prevailing opinion or tendency (see stream n. 2f); so, in opposite sense, to swim against the stream or the tide.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > direct one's conduct by a rule [verb (intransitive)] > conform

conform1393

to swim with or down the stream or the tide1592

symbolize1605

comply1655

to fall in (also into) line1837

to toe a (also the) line (or mark, scratch, crack, trig)1895

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > direct one's conduct by a rule [verb (intransitive)] > not conform to standard behaviour

to swim against the stream or the tide1592

to step (or get, etc.) out of line1791

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > resist > resist prevailing tendencies

to strive against the stream1537

to swim against the stream or the tide1705

1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes in Wks. (1904) I. 321 This..is nothing else but to swim with the streame.

1593 T. W. Tears of Fancie xliii. sog. D2^v Long haue I swome against the wished waue.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. ii. 34 You must now speake sir Iohn Falstaffe faire, Which swimmes against your streame of quallitie.

1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. Introd. 3 Because I would not swim against the streame, nor be vnlike vnto my neighbours.

1631 R. Bolton Instruct. Comforting Afflicted Consciences 227 A notorious wretch which hath swumme downe the current of the times, and wallowed in worldly pleasures.

1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 70 A Popular Man always swims down the Stream.

1705 Ld. Fermanagh Let. 18 Nov. in M. M. Verney Verney Lett. (1930) I. xiii. 229 I fancy Mr. Gape may lose it... Its hard Swimming against the Tyde.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 492. ⁋4 There is no help for it, we must swim with the Tide.

1776 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (rev. ed.) IV. xvii. 84 Our young Englishman swam willingly down the stream of pleasure.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic II. iii. vi. 330 The President stoutly told him that he was endeavouring to swim against the stream, that the tax was offensive to the people.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. v. iv. 284 They..had sought to swim on the popular tide when it was rising.

1971 Nature 22 Oct. 515/3 The Sira Institute seems to be swimming against the economic tide.

单词	to swim against the stream or the tide
释义	> as lemmas to swim against the stream or the tide c. to swim with or down the stream or the tide, to act in conformity with prevailing opinion or tendency (see stream n. 2f); so, in opposite sense, to swim against the stream or the tide. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > direct one's conduct by a rule [verb (intransitive)] > conform conform1393 to swim with or down the stream or the tide1592 symbolize1605 comply1655 to fall in (also into) line1837 to toe a (also the) line (or mark, scratch, crack, trig)1895 the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > direct one's conduct by a rule [verb (intransitive)] > not conform to standard behaviour to swim against the stream or the tide1592 to step (or get, etc.) out of line1791 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > resist > resist prevailing tendencies to strive against the stream1537 to swim against the stream or the tide1705 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes in Wks. (1904) I. 321 This..is nothing else but to swim with the streame. 1593 T. W. Tears of Fancie xliii. sog. D2^v Long haue I swome against the wished waue. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. ii. 34 You must now speake sir Iohn Falstaffe faire, Which swimmes against your streame of quallitie. View more context for this quotation 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. Introd. 3 Because I would not swim against the streame, nor be vnlike vnto my neighbours. 1631 R. Bolton Instruct. Comforting Afflicted Consciences 227 A notorious wretch which hath swumme downe the current of the times, and wallowed in worldly pleasures. 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 70 A Popular Man always swims down the Stream. 1705 Ld. Fermanagh Let. 18 Nov. in M. M. Verney Verney Lett. (1930) I. xiii. 229 I fancy Mr. Gape may lose it... Its hard Swimming against the Tyde. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 492. ⁋4 There is no help for it, we must swim with the Tide. 1776 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (rev. ed.) IV. xvii. 84 Our young Englishman swam willingly down the stream of pleasure. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic II. iii. vi. 330 The President stoutly told him that he was endeavouring to swim against the stream, that the tax was offensive to the people. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. v. iv. 284 They..had sought to swim on the popular tide when it was rising. 1971 Nature 22 Oct. 515/3 The Sira Institute seems to be swimming against the economic tide. extracted from swimv. < as lemmas
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