| 单词 | to be at advantage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be at (also †upon) (an) advantage b. to be at (also †upon) (an) advantage: to be in a favourable position; to have an advantage. Also to put (a person) at (an) advantage: to put (a person) in such a favourable position; to give an advantage to.In quot. c1425 to be at advantage of: †to be in a better position than (obsolete). [Compare Anglo-Norman en avantage in an advantageous position or situation (15th cent. or earlier), estre a l'avantage de faire (quelque chose) to be in a position to do (something) (first half of the 14th cent. or earlier), Middle French estre en son avantage to be in a favourable position (1446), estre à l'avantage to be well provided for (a1467).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [phrase] > having advantage to be at (also upon) (an) advantagec1425 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 2921 (MED) Kyng Menoun was at avauntage Of Achilles..In poynt tabrouȝt hym to confusioun. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 288 We sall be at avantage [1489 Adv. awantage] thair. 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados xii. xi. 112 Thou..Walkys at auantage, on the wod grene. 1656 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 89 Some had dined and were upon an advantage. 1679 R. Fleming One Necessary Thing to be Sought ii. 24 The war is begun that will never cease here, betwixt the flesh and the Spirit Gal. 5: 17. and as the regenerat part is at an advantage, the more vigorous is its opposition then against the flesh. 1850 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 637 The Philosopher walks in a more etherial region. Compared to the Legislator, he is at advantage. But he has his own difficulties. He must think Feelings! 1899 P. H. Brown Hist. Scotl. I. ii. i. 62 Her biography, written by her confessor Turgot, has put her at advantage over every other character in early Scottish history. 1913 D. Dewar Glimpses of Indian Birds viii. 43 In the area of eternal snow the white forms are at an advantage in the struggle for existence, as their whiteness tends to render them difficult to see. 1973 New Scientist 20 Sept. 714/3 (advt.) Applicants with some experience of immunology and/or radioisotopes and/or electron microscopy will be at advantage. 1999 Baseball Digest Oct. 40/1 Having the mound higher puts the pitcher at an advantage because the ball naturally wants to go down. < as lemmas |
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