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

turn of the screw n. an additional degree of pressure or hardship added to a situation that is already extremely difficult to bear.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > exacerbation of suffering > [noun]

exacerbation1625

acerbation1793

turn of the screw1796

1796 G. Walpole in B. Edwards Proc. Maroon Negroes 19 All this will..prove to your lordship the impropriety of holding forth more harsh conditions..: Should there be any person so dull..as to think that another turn of the screw would be better, ask him this question.

1898 H. James Turn of Screw in Two Magics 4 If the child [in a ghost story] gives the effect another turn of the screw, what do you say to two children?

1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 Mar. 175 Even more far-reaching schemes of increasing direct taxation..are certain to be realised..whenever the psychological ground is favourable for this further turn of the screw.

1995 K. Toolis Rebel Hearts (1996) iv. 212 The RUC's strategy was just a further turn of the screw for a community already racked by paramilitary violence.

单词	turn of the screw
释义	> as lemmas turn of the screw turn of the screw n. an additional degree of pressure or hardship added to a situation that is already extremely difficult to bear. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > exacerbation of suffering > [noun] exacerbation1625 acerbation1793 turn of the screw1796 1796 G. Walpole in B. Edwards Proc. Maroon Negroes 19 All this will..prove to your lordship the impropriety of holding forth more harsh conditions..: Should there be any person so dull..as to think that another turn of the screw would be better, ask him this question. 1898 H. James Turn of Screw in Two Magics 4 If the child [in a ghost story] gives the effect another turn of the screw, what do you say to two children? 1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 Mar. 175 Even more far-reaching schemes of increasing direct taxation..are certain to be realised..whenever the psychological ground is favourable for this further turn of the screw. 1995 K. Toolis Rebel Hearts (1996) iv. 212 The RUC's strategy was just a further turn of the screw for a community already racked by paramilitary violence. extracted from turnn. < as lemmas
随便看	sin-born sin-burthened sin-buster sin-chastising sin-clouded sin-crushed sin-dark sin-discerner sin-doing sin-drowned sin-eater sin-eating sin-eclipse sin-entanglement sin-flood sin-forgiver sin-gluttony sin-guilt sin-guiltiness sin-guilty sin-lepered sin-like sin-merit sin-miasma sin-money

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