单词 | to spring to a conclusion |
释义 | > as lemmasto spring to a conclusion (c) intransitive. figurative. To move, act, or react with speed, suddenness, or alacrity; (of mountain peaks, the sun, etc.) to appear, emerge, or arise in a manner suggestive of sudden movement. Now chiefly in to spring to (a person's) defence, to spring to a conclusion.See also to spring into action at Phrases 2, to spring to (one's) mind at mind n.1 19l. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > take prompt action spring1548 to take at the (first) bounda1556 to be quick off (occasionally also on) the mark1914 to jump to it1917 to snap (in)to1918 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts v. f. xxiiv Wondrefull great feare sprang [L. obortus est] through the whole Churche of the faythfull. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 6 Religion spread under ground, whiles the Roman power in a continuall war sprang upward. 1796 Female Gamester I. xxxii. 118 The moment he entered, my heart sprang to greet him. a1822 P. B. Shelley Triumph of Life in Posthumous Poems (1824) 73 Swift as a spirit hastening to his task,..the Sun sprang forth Rejoicing in his splendour. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe iv. 201 The mighty peaks..spring at one bound to a height of some ten thousand feet. 1952 A. Wilson Hemlock & After i. 21 The stockbroker's wife..sprang to her husband's defence. 1986 R. Ingalls Pearlkillers 14 She was looking at a set of floodlit glass boxes that sprang from the darkness like lighted boats. 2011 Atlantic Online (Nexis) 11 Apr. Reporters sprang to the conclusion that the speech would make detailed new commitments. < as lemmas |
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