单词 | evening-out |
释义 | > as lemmasevening-out With following adverb, forming nouns of action corresponding to phrasal verbs at even v.1, as evening-out, evening-up. ΚΠ 1874 Bankers' Mag. July 44 In this way there will be a partial evening up of the accounts between mankind. 1901 Sat. Evening Post 13 Apr. 14/3 While the very excellent luxuries, such as the canvasback and the diamondback, may gradually disappear, there will be an evening-up of the really useful foods. 1930 Econ. Jrnl. 40 408 At first sight this evening-out of supplies seems the only rational procedure, both from the point of view of producers and consumers. 1981 Southern Hort. (N.Z.) Spring 31/2 Containerisation of such material without this evening-out treatment produces trees that are neither wind-firm in the container, nor on the planting site. 2015 B. Spooner Globalization i. 16 What can we do to accelerate the evening out of different rates of progress in different arenas? < as lemmas |
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