英语词汇“he, etc could use”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P4. colloquial. he, etc. could use: he, etc., needs, wants, or would benefit from, or would be improved by. Also occasionally in the present tense.

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the mind > possession > non-possession > not have [verb (transitive)] > lack > something salutary (but not desired)

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he, etc. could use1876

1876 Rep. Canal Investigating Comm. (N.Y. State) 1358 Q. In your judgment was not the allowance of 280 yards of embankment ample?..A. I don't think it was sufficient. Q. Locate any place where you could use a yard? A. In the rear of the vertical wall.

1915 Cent. Mag. Nov. 72/1 I could use a pint of them!

?1940 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 948 Would you like to use this poem? If you would, I could use a guinea.

1946 S. J. Perelman Keep it Crisp 23 A flabby hombre..whose jowl could have used a shave.

1961 R. Godden China Court 258/1 ‘I could use a gin,’ said Bella.

1976 Ulverston (Cumbria) News 3 Dec. 1/6 The tarn is the most beautiful part of the village and The Landings can use some cleaning up.

1994 Theatrum Sept. 45/3 It could definitely use an edit and polish before it's remounted.

2009 ‘R. Keeland’ tr. S. Larsson Girl who played with Fire xxiii. 382 I don't know what to do, but she probably could use a friend in her corner.

单词	he, etc could use
释义	> as lemmas he, etc. could use P4. colloquial. he, etc. could use: he, etc., needs, wants, or would benefit from, or would be improved by. Also occasionally in the present tense. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > not have [verb (transitive)] > lack > something salutary (but not desired) want1488 he, etc. could use1876 1876 Rep. Canal Investigating Comm. (N.Y. State) 1358 Q. In your judgment was not the allowance of 280 yards of embankment ample?..A. I don't think it was sufficient. Q. Locate any place where you could use a yard? A. In the rear of the vertical wall. 1915 Cent. Mag. Nov. 72/1 I could use a pint of them! ?1940 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 948 Would you like to use this poem? If you would, I could use a guinea. 1946 S. J. Perelman Keep it Crisp 23 A flabby hombre..whose jowl could have used a shave. 1961 R. Godden China Court 258/1 ‘I could use a gin,’ said Bella. 1976 Ulverston (Cumbria) News 3 Dec. 1/6 The tarn is the most beautiful part of the village and The Landings can use some cleaning up. 1994 Theatrum Sept. 45/3 It could definitely use an edit and polish before it's remounted. 2009 ‘R. Keeland’ tr. S. Larsson Girl who played with Fire xxiii. 382 I don't know what to do, but she probably could use a friend in her corner. extracted from usev. < as lemmas
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