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

b. to turn to account.

†(a) To result in profit or advantage; to be profitable, to ‘pay’. Formerly also with object expressing the person benefited. Cf. sense 29 and account n. 4. Obsolete.Where there is an object of the verb this was originally an indirect object indicating the beneficiary, but was probably often taken as a direct object; cf. sense 29b.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial [verb (intransitive)] > result in (adequate) advantage

to turn to accounta1632

pay1774

to bear fruit1889

to pay out1909

to pay off1946

a1632 I. Wake Three Fold Help Polit. Observ. (1655) iii. 100 Although he doth somtimee turn banquerupt, when it doth turn him to account; yet he doth alwayes finde mony for his own occasions.

1647 Declar. Congregationall Societies City of London 8 If all things were common unto all, there would be no place left for any such difference as is between giving and receiving, or if there were, both the one and the other would turne to the same account.

a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 38 Any of us may..throughly compass and carry it on; which will exceedingly turn to account.

1697 J. Pollexfen Disc. Trade & Coyn 20 Bullion or Coyn will turn them to a better Account.

1729 J. Swift Modest Proposal 6 They will not yield above three Pounds..which cannot turn to Account either to the Parents or the Kingdom.

1743 R. Pococke Descr. East I. 134 Of late the West India coffee..has sold so cheap, that it does not turn to account to send it to England.

1829 New Eng. Farmer 13 Nov. 133/2 We had large quantities of hemp upon the ground. It turned to good account.

(b) To make use of (something) for one's advantage or profit; to employ (something) profitably. Cf. sense 22.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] > take advantage of > turn to account

lucrify1564

improve1604

to turn to account1679

to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1707

avail1785

to make a good thing of (also out of)1800

utilize1807

exploiter1818

to make capital out of1840

capitalize1869

1679 H. Sheeres Let. 20 Oct. in Disc. Tanger (1680) 30 This Constructive, or rather equivocal Freedom, as I may call it, which we have hitherto been under, can never turn the Place to account.

1826 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) I. vii. 267 Whether I shall ever find time..to turn to account the instructions of Neukomm.

1870 J. Tyndall Lect. Electr. §20 Others have turned to account mechanically the attraction exerted by electro-magnetic cores on bars of iron.

1921 Printers' Ink 24 Nov. 151 Provided, you turn your introspection and retrospection to account in planning for the future.

2006 Irish Times (Nexis) 20 Nov. (Sport section) 9 Our forwards got a lot of ball but could not turn it to account. We found it very difficult to score into the wind.

单词	to turn to account
释义	> as lemmas to turn to account b. to turn to account. †(a) To result in profit or advantage; to be profitable, to ‘pay’. Formerly also with object expressing the person benefited. Cf. sense 29 and account n. 4. Obsolete.Where there is an object of the verb this was originally an indirect object indicating the beneficiary, but was probably often taken as a direct object; cf. sense 29b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial [verb (intransitive)] > result in (adequate) advantage to turn to accounta1632 pay1774 to bear fruit1889 to pay out1909 to pay off1946 a1632 I. Wake Three Fold Help Polit. Observ. (1655) iii. 100 Although he doth somtimee turn banquerupt, when it doth turn him to account; yet he doth alwayes finde mony for his own occasions. 1647 Declar. Congregationall Societies City of London 8 If all things were common unto all, there would be no place left for any such difference as is between giving and receiving, or if there were, both the one and the other would turne to the same account. a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 38 Any of us may..throughly compass and carry it on; which will exceedingly turn to account. 1697 J. Pollexfen Disc. Trade & Coyn 20 Bullion or Coyn will turn them to a better Account. 1729 J. Swift Modest Proposal 6 They will not yield above three Pounds..which cannot turn to Account either to the Parents or the Kingdom. 1743 R. Pococke Descr. East I. 134 Of late the West India coffee..has sold so cheap, that it does not turn to account to send it to England. 1829 New Eng. Farmer 13 Nov. 133/2 We had large quantities of hemp upon the ground. It turned to good account. (b) To make use of (something) for one's advantage or profit; to employ (something) profitably. Cf. sense 22. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] > take advantage of > turn to account lucrify1564 improve1604 to turn to account1679 to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1707 avail1785 to make a good thing of (also out of)1800 utilize1807 exploiter1818 to make capital out of1840 capitalize1869 1679 H. Sheeres Let. 20 Oct. in Disc. Tanger (1680) 30 This Constructive, or rather equivocal Freedom, as I may call it, which we have hitherto been under, can never turn the Place to account. 1826 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) I. vii. 267 Whether I shall ever find time..to turn to account the instructions of Neukomm. 1870 J. Tyndall Lect. Electr. §20 Others have turned to account mechanically the attraction exerted by electro-magnetic cores on bars of iron. 1921 Printers' Ink 24 Nov. 151 Provided, you turn your introspection and retrospection to account in planning for the future. 2006 Irish Times (Nexis) 20 Nov. (Sport section) 9 Our forwards got a lot of ball but could not turn it to account. We found it very difficult to score into the wind. extracted from turnv. < as lemmas
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