英语词汇“levelest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

9. one's level best: one's very best; the utmost one can possibly do. Also levelest in the same sense, and similarly level worst, etc. colloquial or slang (originally U.S.).Of these only level best is standard in the U.K.

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the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > one's best endeavour

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one's level best1851

1851 An Arkansaw Doctor 87 We put our horses out at their level best.

1873 E. E. Hale (title) His Level Best.

1882 Illustr. Sport. News 29 July 467/2 His was an honest old hairy-heeled hunter, no doubt, and did her level best.

1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxviii. 249 The old man..was on hand and looking his level pisonest.

1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines (1887) 102 Then came a pause, each man aiming his level best.

1891 Harper's Mag. July 208/2 The pony will not do his level worst again.

1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 97 She told me..that she was goin' to do her levelest to make our little home comfortable.

1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery ii. vii. 186 Val walked out behind his mother, chin squared, eyelids drooped, doing his level best to despise everybody.

1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine 205 You've been doing your level best to make life a misery to me since we left home.

1937 V. Bartlett This is my Life xi. 179 Everyone was doing his level best to make me feel nervous.

1953 R. Lehmann Echoing Grove ii. 89 When the pain nagged he thought about the relation between worry and his acid juices, and did his level best to stop worrying.

1969 Listener 24 Apr. 556/1 He did his level best to suppress the views of other members of the embassy.

单词	levelest
释义	> as lemmas levelest 9. one's level best: one's very best; the utmost one can possibly do. Also levelest in the same sense, and similarly level worst, etc. colloquial or slang (originally U.S.).Of these only level best is standard in the U.K. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > one's best endeavour devoir1362 darned1844 one's level best1851 1851 An Arkansaw Doctor 87 We put our horses out at their level best. 1873 E. E. Hale (title) His Level Best. 1882 Illustr. Sport. News 29 July 467/2 His was an honest old hairy-heeled hunter, no doubt, and did her level best. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxviii. 249 The old man..was on hand and looking his level pisonest. 1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines (1887) 102 Then came a pause, each man aiming his level best. 1891 Harper's Mag. July 208/2 The pony will not do his level worst again. 1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 97 She told me..that she was goin' to do her levelest to make our little home comfortable. 1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery ii. vii. 186 Val walked out behind his mother, chin squared, eyelids drooped, doing his level best to despise everybody. 1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine 205 You've been doing your level best to make life a misery to me since we left home. 1937 V. Bartlett This is my Life xi. 179 Everyone was doing his level best to make me feel nervous. 1953 R. Lehmann Echoing Grove ii. 89 When the pain nagged he thought about the relation between worry and his acid juices, and did his level best to stop worrying. 1969 Listener 24 Apr. 556/1 He did his level best to suppress the views of other members of the embassy. extracted from leveladj.adv. < as lemmas
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