英语词汇“to take strong hold”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. Difficult to dislodge or remove; tenacious. Chiefly in to take (also have) strong root: to become (or be) firmly anchored by means of roots; figurative to become (or be) firmly established; also to take (also have) (a) strong hold and similar uses.

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1577 Hill's Gardeners Labyrinth ii. vii. 71 Vntill they [sc. the plants] haue taken strong roote in the Earth.

?1609 J. Healey tr. Bp. J. Hall Discouery New World sig. A7 Your opinion and Senecaes presage are both ouer-throwne. Nay nay... This fit doubt of yours, giues mee the stronger foote-hold.

1676 W. Bates Considerations Existence of God v. 87 No violence can intirely choke this natural Principal, it has such deep and strong root in the Humane Spirit.

1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 517 Nothing has so strong and fast an Hold upon the Nature and Mind of Man, as that which delights it.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §239 (note) Every force exerted to drive the wad out..tends to make it take the stronger hold.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. v. 68 His friend's unusual finery had taken a strong hold of his imagination.

1884 Cent. Mag. Jan. 394/1 Orleanist liberalism had a strong foot-hold there.

1929 Punch 10 Apr. 420 ‘Contract bridge’, which is superseding auction bridge on the Continent and in America, has taken a strong hold in Britain.

1940 J. A. Westrup Sharps & Flats 11 The charm of So-and-so's serenade or someone else's humoresque has no very strong hold on a formed taste.

1983 Times 30 July 13/1 Credit unions..have started to take strong root only since the passage of the Credit Unions Act 1979.

2010 Independent 17 Oct. 13/2 Sex has a strong hold on the young and can lead to obsession.

单词	to take strong hold
释义	> as lemmas to take (also have) (a) strong hold e. Difficult to dislodge or remove; tenacious. Chiefly in to take (also have) strong root: to become (or be) firmly anchored by means of roots; figurative to become (or be) firmly established; also to take (also have) (a) strong hold and similar uses. ΚΠ 1577 Hill's Gardeners Labyrinth ii. vii. 71 Vntill they [sc. the plants] haue taken strong roote in the Earth. ?1609 J. Healey tr. Bp. J. Hall Discouery New World sig. A7 Your opinion and Senecaes presage are both ouer-throwne. Nay nay... This fit doubt of yours, giues mee the stronger foote-hold. 1676 W. Bates Considerations Existence of God v. 87 No violence can intirely choke this natural Principal, it has such deep and strong root in the Humane Spirit. 1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 517 Nothing has so strong and fast an Hold upon the Nature and Mind of Man, as that which delights it. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §239 (note) Every force exerted to drive the wad out..tends to make it take the stronger hold. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. v. 68 His friend's unusual finery had taken a strong hold of his imagination. 1884 Cent. Mag. Jan. 394/1 Orleanist liberalism had a strong foot-hold there. 1929 Punch 10 Apr. 420 ‘Contract bridge’, which is superseding auction bridge on the Continent and in America, has taken a strong hold in Britain. 1940 J. A. Westrup Sharps & Flats 11 The charm of So-and-so's serenade or someone else's humoresque has no very strong hold on a formed taste. 1983 Times 30 July 13/1 Credit unions..have started to take strong root only since the passage of the Credit Unions Act 1979. 2010 Independent 17 Oct. 13/2 Sex has a strong hold on the young and can lead to obsession. extracted from strongadj. < as lemmas
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