英语词汇“to draw a line under”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to draw a line under (something): to regard (something) as finished or consigned to the past; to resolve not to engage in further consideration of a topic or situation, esp. one that has caused difficulty or distress.

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1866 Standard 19 Oct. 4/5 We cannot draw the line under five millions without outraging Mr. Bright's arguments.

1886 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 15 May 5/5 He said to me ‘I have been a Liberal all my life... But now I have drawn a line under all that. Not only shall I vote for the Tories next time, but I shall try to get everyone to vote for them too’.

1928 Times 2 Nov. 13/4 Readiness..to draw a line under the events of 10 years ago and shake hands with former enemies, is the ‘foundation of the policy which led us to Locarno and which we have pursued since’.

1940 Hamilton (Ohio) Daily News Jrnl. 16 Sept. 6/2 We drew a line under this experiment in economic and social engineering and left the government somehow to dispose of its investment.

1968 A. Sellings Power of X iii. 38 There and then, I drew a line under the whole business, downed my pinkers and went back to Gallery O.

2011 People (Nexis) 20 Nov. 19 You hope when people die they don't suffer, but my beautiful Jo did. It was very, very painful, but it's all done and I want to draw a line under it.

单词	to draw a line under
释义	> as lemmas to draw a line under (something) b. to draw a line under (something): to regard (something) as finished or consigned to the past; to resolve not to engage in further consideration of a topic or situation, esp. one that has caused difficulty or distress. ΚΠ 1866 Standard 19 Oct. 4/5 We cannot draw the line under five millions without outraging Mr. Bright's arguments. 1886 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 15 May 5/5 He said to me ‘I have been a Liberal all my life... But now I have drawn a line under all that. Not only shall I vote for the Tories next time, but I shall try to get everyone to vote for them too’. 1928 Times 2 Nov. 13/4 Readiness..to draw a line under the events of 10 years ago and shake hands with former enemies, is the ‘foundation of the policy which led us to Locarno and which we have pursued since’. 1940 Hamilton (Ohio) Daily News Jrnl. 16 Sept. 6/2 We drew a line under this experiment in economic and social engineering and left the government somehow to dispose of its investment. 1968 A. Sellings Power of X iii. 38 There and then, I drew a line under the whole business, downed my pinkers and went back to Gallery O. 2011 People (Nexis) 20 Nov. 19 You hope when people die they don't suffer, but my beautiful Jo did. It was very, very painful, but it's all done and I want to draw a line under it. extracted from drawv. < as lemmas
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