英语词汇“in the pound seats”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. in the pound seats (occasionally seat): (figurative) in a very favourable position or situation.In quot. 1946 referring to expensive seats affording a good view.

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1946 E. James Unforgettable Country Folk i. 38 I was fairly tall, and just tall enough to get a full view... I bent down, took his hand, and he, too, was ‘in the pound seats’, standing with toes on the edge of the barrel.]

1976 Deb. Transkei Legisl. Assembly 229/2 As someone put it, a country which produces food is in the pound seats and is assured of a market everywhere.

1978 G. M. Philip & K. L. Williams Austral. Min. Energy Resources ii. 46/1 The edge in formal education and discipline given to the nation which had produced Kant and Hegel was obviously going to put them ‘in the pound seats’ economically and politically.

1985 Guardian 28 May 27 Middlesex were able to increase their overnight lead..to 207... Assuming fine weather today, this puts them, as they say, in the pound seats.

1998 Daily Tel. 21 Sept. 27/5 The pound has had plenty of practice in losing its value... If that were all it took, we and our economy would be in the pound seats, as they used to be called when a pound still bought something worth having.

2005 R. Aird Stealth's Odyssey xl. 255 Russia would be in the pound seat in the Middle East.

2012 F. du Toit in A. J. van der Walt Theories Social & Econ. Justice 56 For ‘court theologians’ whose interests are represented by those in the pound seats, the temptation to become defenders of the status quo often results in compromised, muted social critique.

单词	in the pound seats
释义	> as lemmas in the pound seats (occasionally seat) P3. in the pound seats (occasionally seat): (figurative) in a very favourable position or situation.In quot. 1946 referring to expensive seats affording a good view. ΚΠ 1946 E. James Unforgettable Country Folk i. 38 I was fairly tall, and just tall enough to get a full view... I bent down, took his hand, and he, too, was ‘in the pound seats’, standing with toes on the edge of the barrel.] 1976 Deb. Transkei Legisl. Assembly 229/2 As someone put it, a country which produces food is in the pound seats and is assured of a market everywhere. 1978 G. M. Philip & K. L. Williams Austral. Min. Energy Resources ii. 46/1 The edge in formal education and discipline given to the nation which had produced Kant and Hegel was obviously going to put them ‘in the pound seats’ economically and politically. 1985 Guardian 28 May 27 Middlesex were able to increase their overnight lead..to 207... Assuming fine weather today, this puts them, as they say, in the pound seats. 1998 Daily Tel. 21 Sept. 27/5 The pound has had plenty of practice in losing its value... If that were all it took, we and our economy would be in the pound seats, as they used to be called when a pound still bought something worth having. 2005 R. Aird Stealth's Odyssey xl. 255 Russia would be in the pound seat in the Middle East. 2012 F. du Toit in A. J. van der Walt Theories Social & Econ. Justice 56 For ‘court theologians’ whose interests are represented by those in the pound seats, the temptation to become defenders of the status quo often results in compromised, muted social critique. extracted from poundn.¹ < as lemmas
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