Dint
[dɪnt]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A blow; a stroke.
(n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
(n.) Force; power; -- esp. in the phrase by dint of.
(v. t.) To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent.
整理:斯图
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1].Dent, indentation.[2].Force, power.
校對:维托
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Agency, instrumentality, force, power, emcacy
ANT:Weakness, inoperativeness, inefficacy, uselessness, helplessness, opposition, counterforce
校對:鲁本
解釋/意思:
n. a blow or stroke: the mark of a blow (often Dent): force: power (as in 'by dint of').—v.t. to make a dint in.
手打:所罗门
例句/造句/用法:
- By dint of alternate threats, promises, and bribes, the lady in question was ultimately prevailed upon to undertake the commission. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- And I should never succeed in anything by dint of drudgery. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- By dint of hard scrambling he finally straddled the top, but some loose stones crumbled away and fell with a crash into the court within. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Had I been a gentleman, I believe I should have helped him off the premises by dint of physical force. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- At length, by mere dint of rowing, we reached the French coast. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The very resolution to which he had wrought himself by dint of logic and honorable pride was beginning to relax under her torpedo contact. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But is it not possible, I urged, by dint of patience and exertion, to discover additional evidence? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The brooding Lammle, with certain white dints coming and going in his palpitating nose, looked as if some tormenting imp were pinching it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- In those two compressions, or dints, the only little change that the face ever showed, resided. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
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