| 单词 | force of numbers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasforce (also weight) of numbers c. Numerical preponderance; the fact of being numerous. Frequently in force (also weight) of numbers.safety in numbers: see safety n. Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun] > greater number, majority moeOE unfewc1175 most?a1400 most forcea1400 substancea1413 overmatch1542 flush1592 the (great, vast) mass of1604 the millions1604 stream1614 numbers1638 the multiplicity of1639 majority1650 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 289 1000 Persians were slaine and 20000 Turks; but by their numbers the Persians were forced to leave the field. 1639 G. Daniel Vervicensis 67 My name preserve By force of Numbers, which revert the Lawes Of Destinie. 1645 J. Winthrop Declar. Former Passages 7 The Narrowgansets and their confederates rest on their numbers, weapons, & opportunityes to do mischief. 1761 C. Churchill Night 16 Can numbers then change Nature's stated laws? Can numbers make the worse the better cause? 1776 H. H. Brackenridge Battle of Bunkers-Hill 43 Our right wing push'd, our left surrounded, Weight of numbers five to one. 1861 F. Metcalfe Oxonian in Iceland (1867) 176 Coming to close quarters, they overpowered the foreigners by force of numbers. 1898 Argosy May 256 Their one idea was..hooking on with gangways, overpower them by force of numbers. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 820/1 His troops were raw and possessed no decisive superiority in numbers. 1941 Faugh-a-Ballagh 34 97/2 A series of heavy mass attacks, designed to crush the R.A.F. by sheer weight of numbers and to sweep the skies clear. 1992 WWF News 90 The lucky ones..will remain here for the rest of their lives unless driven out by force of numbers. < as lemmas |
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