单词 | to wear many hats |
释义 | > as lemmasto wear many hats b. to wear two hats and variants: to hold two posts or perform two roles simultaneously. Similarly to wear many hats, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > position or job > [verb (intransitive)] > more than one at a time to wear two hats1949 1949 Washington Post 20 Jan. c22 As President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force, Harry S. Truman..‘wears two hats’. 1968 Listener 8 Feb. 177/2 Cecil Day-Lewis has two hats: one has laurel in it, the other is that of Nicholas Blake, who writes detective stories. 1974 Jet 30 May 55 His latest flick, Uptown Saturday Night,..saw him wearing three hats—producer, director and lead star. 1994 J. Berner Joy of Working from Home xiii. 100 If you are a one-man or one-woman band running your own business, you must wear many hats. 2003 N.Y. Times 6 Apr. b15/4 He decided he simply could not wear two hats and retain their trust. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。