| 单词 | to squeak through |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto squeak through a. to squeak through: to get through by a narrow shave, to scrape through. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > narrowly to fail little, not much1624 to squeak through1938 squeak1961 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > succeed by a narrow margin skin1873 to squeak through1938 1938 H. Nicolson Diary 1 Sept. (1966) 358 We may just squeak through. On the other hand, we may get into the same mess as in 1914. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Nov. 14/2 The Irish squeaked through to a 14-to-13 verdict over Iowa Pre-Flight. 1971 J. Bishop Days of Martin Luther King, Jr. iv. 329 The President..said he was not optimistic about the passage of the civil rights bill. It would require strong bipartisan support to squeak through. 1977 Time (Europe ed.) 7 Mar. 24/2 Rabin only squeaked through by sweeping the votes allotted to Israel's conservative kibbutzim. < as lemmas |
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