单词 | hard-sought |
释义 | > as lemmashard-sought hard-sought adj. ΚΠ 1727 P. Frowde Fall of Saguntum ii. 33 No longer dares he the close Chase pursue; Aw'd, yet with Rage indignant, stalks away, And to the nobler Brute resigns his hard-sought Prey. 1835 Dublin Penny Jrnl. 21 Feb. 271/2 I seized my hard sought prize. 1909 J. Jusserand Lit. Hist. Eng. People III. 162 His [sc. Shakespeare's] most wonderful inventions were not hard-sought finds. 2002 K. Chisholm Hungry Hell ii. 46 Anyone who suggested that perhaps I would feel better if I ate a little more was actually asking me to defile that hard-sought purity. < as lemmas |
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