英语词汇“it is all one can do”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P26. it is all (that) one can do: (with infinitive as complement) it is the best one can do or the most one can achieve in the circumstances.

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a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 14 It was all that both the watches could do together to tacke about the sailes.

1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 25 Dec. (1948) II. 446 Making honourable mention of her; which is all I can do to serve her memory.

1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) 44 So great a quantity of Fruit..that 'twill be all we can do to spend them before the Rottenness..surprizes them.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxi. 181 It was all I could do to prevent myself from throwing the sofa cushion at her.

1901 W. Hargreaves Lost & Found! v. 32 As for saving, it is all I can do to..make ends meet.

1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 213 The colt was missing and it was all he could do to get the frantic mare into the lot.

2003 F. Shaw Sweetest Thing 312 The snow was falling so hard,..it was all I could do to see my way round past the station and on to The Mount.

单词	it is all one can do
释义	> as lemmas it is all (that) one can do P26. it is all (that) one can do: (with infinitive as complement) it is the best one can do or the most one can achieve in the circumstances. ΚΠ a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 14 It was all that both the watches could do together to tacke about the sailes. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 25 Dec. (1948) II. 446 Making honourable mention of her; which is all I can do to serve her memory. 1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) 44 So great a quantity of Fruit..that 'twill be all we can do to spend them before the Rottenness..surprizes them. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxi. 181 It was all I could do to prevent myself from throwing the sofa cushion at her. 1901 W. Hargreaves Lost & Found! v. 32 As for saving, it is all I can do to..make ends meet. 1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 213 The colt was missing and it was all he could do to get the frantic mare into the lot. 2003 F. Shaw Sweetest Thing 312 The snow was falling so hard,..it was all I could do to see my way round past the station and on to The Mount. extracted from alladj.pron.n.adv.conj. < as lemmas
随便看	of unsound mind of unwarning of upon this sudden of usage of use of utility of vail of valor of valour of value of various sorts of venom of veracity of verity of very deed of very due right of very force of very right of vital concernment of vogue of volunty of warrant of weight of whilom of whole blood

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