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单词 by dint of
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by dint of
b. prepositional, †by cause of, by chesun of, by colour of, by dint of, by the hands of, by means of, by reason of, by virtue of, by way of, etc. See under the various substantives.
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c1380 J. Wyclif Last Age Church (1840) 25 Bi resoun of whiche þe þridde tribulacioun schal entre into Cristis Chirche.
c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 502 Þer togedur faȝte we Be chesun of this lady fre.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Tobit xi. 18 By reason of all the good that God had shewed vnto him.
?a1560 in T. Wright Songs & Ballads Reign Philip & Mary (1860) 3 He hathe us up lyfft By the means of hys sonne callyd Emanuell.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 78 Our brother is imprisoned by your meanes. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. i. 126 All..That..by dint of Sword, Haue since mis-carryed vnder Bullingbrooke.
1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 127 The Parlement is adjourned by virtue thereof [the Comission].
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 120 Vict'ry gotten without Blows. By dint of sharp hard words.
1710 W. L. Let. to New Member Commons 9 Edward Whitacre..hath, by Colour of his Imployment..receiv'd the Sum of Five and Twenty Thousand Pound.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 523. ¶6 By Vertue of that Spectatorial Authority with which I stand Invested.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 32 Jugurtha..by Dint of Money, corrupted many of the Senators.
1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible I. viii. 496 He..by means thereof..took the City.
1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire iv. 42 It was chiefly by means of the Papacy that this came to pass.
1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps I. ii. 23 Quite out of sight..by reason of the bend of the hollow.
1881 R. Buchanan God & Man I. 111 The widow—by dint of strict parsimony, had saved a trifle.
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by (the) dint of
c. Hence by (the) dint of: by force of; by means of (with implication of vigour or persistence in the application of the means). (The current idiom.)
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [phrase]
in virtue ofa1250
by (also with) strength of1340
by the virtue ofa1375
by way ofa1393
by (also through) (the) means (also mean) ofa1398
by remedy ofa1398
by force of1411
by feat of1489
by (occasionally through) the benefit ofa1538
in the way of1622
by the way of1623
by (the) dint of1664
by the force of1697
perforce of1714
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 3 I am sturred by dent of Christian dutie.]
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 152 Chase evil spirits away by dint Of Cickle, Horse-shoo, Hollow-flint.1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (1877) I. 36 Subdued by..dint of valour.1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 411. ¶7 Pleasures of the Fancy..which are worked out by Dint of Thinking.1764 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. in Lett. (1772) II. 102 Tallard..had risen by the dint of merit alone.1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 34 By dint of cross-examination, I found he was not at all satisfied.1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 25 Dec. (1939) 295 By dint of abstinence..I passed a better night.1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe i. 64 Schiller endeavours to give the local colour..by dint of inserting little bits of guide-book information.1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 29 We..Earned, by dint of failure, triumph.
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