| 单词 | a person's star is rising |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa person's star is rising (also on the rise) P6. a person's star is rising (also on the rise): a person is becoming more successful or popular. ΚΠ 1813 Liverpool Mercury 10 Dec. 185/3 I have..publicly qualified Bonaparte, at the time when his star was rising to its ascendant. 1882 Literary World 14 Jan. 8/1 Mr. Browning's star is certainly rising. The second series of his Dramatic Idyls is already out of print. 1941 L. Fischer Men & Politics ii. xii. 227 Litvinov's star was rising. Soviet diplomacy played an increasingly glorious role in world affairs. 1969 Times 13 Oct. 1/4 Miss Lestor's star is rising in Labour politics: she is now securely placed on the national executive committee. 2006 G. Corera Shopping for Bombs i. ii. 41 Thanks to his own salesmanship and bureaucratic skill, Khan's star was on the rise. < as lemmas |
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