| 单词 | to trade upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto trade upon —— to trade upon —— intransitive. = to trade on —— at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] > take advantage of to take (the) advantagea1393 prosecute1594 to make boot of1606 to lay hold (up)on, ofa1715 to trade upon ——1832 to trade on ——1843 market1906 1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 192/2 Those..who, if he were a different man, would have traded upon his corruption. 1894 Church Times 16 Mar. 302 One who will prove a better guide to national eminence than the gas-bags who trade upon their weakest characteristics. 1920 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 20 876 It trades upon the misfortunes of others. 1980 E. D. C. Campbell Celluloid South v. 147 Trading upon Dietrich's sultry image, bulletins presented her in a black gown of modern design. 2000 D. Toop in J. Potter Cambr. Compan. Singing iv. 44 These simple slogans traded upon the territorial nature of the parties. < as lemmas |
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