英语词汇“to walk before one can run”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 walk before one can run and variants: to master elementary things before proceeding to anything more difficult; conversely to run before one can walk (earlier †to run before one can go). Cf. creep v. 1b.

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society > education > learning > [verb (intransitive)] > learn rudiments first

to walk before one can runa1555

society > education > learning > [verb (intransitive)] > learn rudiments first > not

to run before one can walka1555

a1555 N. Ridley Pituous Lament. (1566) sig. Ciiii^v It is not most perfection nor meete for a child to couet to runne before he can go.

1591 S. Cottesford Treat. against Traitors Ep. Ded. sig. ¶4 He that pleaseth to run, before he can well goe, nay scarse creepe..shall stumble dangerouslye.

1622 E. Chaloner Sixe Serm. 98 That sottish arrogance which quickly inuades the simple, whereby they will vndertake to runne before they can goe.

1653 J. Allington Grand Conspiracy Members against Mind (1654) iii. 113 What was it but envy which moved Herod to make him runne before he could go?

1742 W. Clarke & W. Bowyer tr. J. Trapp Lect. Poetry 31 For Men to speak Verse before Prose, is the same as if they should pretend to run, or dance, before they could stand, or walk.

1743 W. Crookshank Stedfastness in Faith Recommended i. 17 Some will run before they can go, leap into opinions and practices before they are convinc'd of the reasons of them.

1762 S. Foote Orators i. 8 Soft and fair; we must walk before we can run.

1851 G. Borrow Lavengro II. ii. 15 Ambition is a very pretty thing; but sir, we must walk before we run.

1876 J. Platt Business 124 We must learn and be strong enough to walk before we can run.

1939 Times 4 Aug. 8/6 Troops so largely consisting of recruits must learn to walk before they can run.

1990 Financial Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. 8 NATO yesterday cautioned the European Community that, in the field of security, it should not try to run before it had learnt to walk.

2005 G. Sheffield & J. Bourne in D. Haig War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 502 He was..impetuous and inclined to run before he could walk.

单词	to walk before one can run
释义	> as lemmas to walk before one can run (b) to walk before one can run and variants: to master elementary things before proceeding to anything more difficult; conversely to run before one can walk (earlier †to run before one can go). Cf. creep v. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > [verb (intransitive)] > learn rudiments first to walk before one can runa1555 society > education > learning > [verb (intransitive)] > learn rudiments first > not to run before one can walka1555 a1555 N. Ridley Pituous Lament. (1566) sig. Ciiii^v It is not most perfection nor meete for a child to couet to runne before he can go. 1591 S. Cottesford Treat. against Traitors Ep. Ded. sig. ¶4 He that pleaseth to run, before he can well goe, nay scarse creepe..shall stumble dangerouslye. 1622 E. Chaloner Sixe Serm. 98 That sottish arrogance which quickly inuades the simple, whereby they will vndertake to runne before they can goe. 1653 J. Allington Grand Conspiracy Members against Mind (1654) iii. 113 What was it but envy which moved Herod to make him runne before he could go? 1742 W. Clarke & W. Bowyer tr. J. Trapp Lect. Poetry 31 For Men to speak Verse before Prose, is the same as if they should pretend to run, or dance, before they could stand, or walk. 1743 W. Crookshank Stedfastness in Faith Recommended i. 17 Some will run before they can go, leap into opinions and practices before they are convinc'd of the reasons of them. 1762 S. Foote Orators i. 8 Soft and fair; we must walk before we can run. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro II. ii. 15 Ambition is a very pretty thing; but sir, we must walk before we run. 1876 J. Platt Business 124 We must learn and be strong enough to walk before we can run. 1939 Times 4 Aug. 8/6 Troops so largely consisting of recruits must learn to walk before they can run. 1990 Financial Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. 8 NATO yesterday cautioned the European Community that, in the field of security, it should not try to run before it had learnt to walk. 2005 G. Sheffield & J. Bourne in D. Haig War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 502 He was..impetuous and inclined to run before he could walk. extracted from runv. < as lemmas
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