英语词汇“put someone through his or her paces”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	put someone through his or her paces
释义	put someone through his or her paces Test thoroughly to see what someone can do, as in We put the new programmer though her paces, and she passed with flying colors. The idiom can refer to things as well, as in When we put the electrical system through its paces, we blew a fuse. The expression alludes to testing a horse's ability in the various paces (trot, canter, and gallop). Its use referring to horses dates from the late 1700s; its figurative use was first recorded in 1871. Words nearby put someone through his or her paces put someone down, put someone in his or her place, put someone on, put someone out of his or her misery, put someone right, put someone through his or her paces, put someone up, put someone up to, put someone wise, putt, puttee The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
随便看	lady macbeth strategy lady mayoress lady muck lady of pleasure lady of the camellias, the lady of the evening lady of the house lady of the lake lady of the lake, the lady-of-the-night lady orchid lady palm lady's bedstraw lady's-earrings lady's finger ladyship lady's maid lady's man lady's mantle ladysmith lady's not for burning, the lady's-slipper lady's-smock lady's-thistle lady's-thumb

英语词典包含192737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。

put someone through his or her paces