| 单词 | maintain one's ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto maintain one's ground b. The space upon which a person, etc., takes his stand; the position maintained or defended by one; esp. in phrases to hold one's ground, to keep one's ground, to maintain one's ground, to stand one's ground, to shift one's ground; now usually figurative (sometimes with suggestion of sense 5a). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > where one takes up a position, residence, etc. > position maintained by a person ground1616 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale (Chaucer Soc.) ix. 176 He fightinge to maintaine Fregilia towne, they bearinge in to make his grown their grown. 1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 239 The Church thereby keeping as it were her ground. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 1 A friend, as willing to shift his ground as I, gave me an Overture which I accepted. 1700 J. Dryden Flower & Leaf in Fables 394 Drawn in two Lines adverse they wheel'd around, And in the middle Meadow took their Ground. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4353/1 The Deserters..stood their Ground, and..fir'd on 'em. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 278 We can hardly keep our Ground against the Current. 1797 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry (rev. ed.) App. 234 The commanding officer turns on his own ground. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. i. 4 The sports of the field still maintained their ground. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. vii. 287 She met me on my own ground. 1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek v. 113 Here the humblest slave might stand erect on the ground of his humanity. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 34 The government was strong enough to hold its ground. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty iii. 132 It is not easy to see how it [Individuality] can stand its ground. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 197 I, like him taking the ground of future expediency, stoutly maintain the contrary position. to maintain one's ground 4. transitive. To hold, keep, defend (a place, position, or possession) against hostility or attack, actual or threatened. to maintain one's ground (often figurative). Also reflexive: to make a stand, defend one's position; similarly †to maintain one's own. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > holding out or making stand > hold out or make stand [verb (intransitive)] standOE hold1154 to maintain one's owna1375 to hold or keep (one's) stalec1450 subsist1588 to hold out1769 society > armed hostility > defence > holding out or making stand > hold [verb (transitive)] > hold (a position, etc.) hold1154 werec1330 maintaina1375 the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > be constant or steadfast [verb (intransitive)] standeOE cleavec1275 to stand stiffa1290 stick1447 to stand or stick to one's tackling1529 to stand in this1538 to set down (the or one's) staff1584 to stand one's ground1600 to stand to one's pan pudding1647 to maintain one's ground1736 to nail one's colours (also flag) to the mast (also masthead)1808 to stay put1843 to stand firm1856 to sit tight1890 to keep the flag flying1914 to dig in one's toes1933 to hold the line1956 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 3642 (MED) His men miȝt nouȝt meyntene here owne. a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) 927 (MED) Othis..Þat four monþes & mor hadde mayntened þe croune. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1972 (MED) Miȝt þou þe marches of Messedoyne mayntene þi-selfe. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iv. v. 81 And now that secund Paris,..By reif mantemys hir suld ouris be. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. xlvi. sig. V3v Bedford who our onely hold maintaind. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 217 A fort maintained by a small garrison of Moores. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. vi. 92 Flu. The Duke of Exeter ha's very gallantly maintain'd the Pridge. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. iv. 136 A Scepter snatch'd with an vnruly hand, Must be as boysterously maintain'd as gain'd. View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) iii. 37 I stand upon the ground of mine own honour And will maintaine it. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 15 There are four avenues cut through the Mountain, easie to be maintained. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 59 In this Case then, brute Force might more than maintain its Ground against Reason. a1771 T. Gray Ess. I in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 199 An Iron-race the mountain-cliffs maintain. 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) I. xviii. 283 The King of Prussia, though surrounded by his numerous enemies, maintained himself with astonishing skill and valour. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. iv. 77 She maintained her ground, although the Moor rode close up to her with his companions. 1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks iv. i. 218 Venice..by a system of jealous and odious tyranny,..continued to maintain its ground. 1893 Sir L. Griffin in 19th Cent. Nov. 684 Our subsidies and open support have enabled Abdur Rahman Khan to maintain himself against his many enemies. 1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples II. iv. i. 6 The Church in Rome..proved able to maintain itself through a long series of religious wars. < as lemmas |
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