| 单词 | to bring to bear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bring to bear a. to bring to bear. extracted from bearv.1 (a) To bring (something) into effective operation (against, on, or upon something else); to cause to act; to employ, exert. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] wieldeOE timberc897 letc900 rearOE doOE i-wendeOE workOE makeOE bringc1175 raisec1175 shapec1315 to owe (also have) a wold (also on wield)a1325 procurec1330 purchasec1330 causec1340 conform1377 performa1382 excite1398 induce1413 occasionate?c1450 occasionc1454 to bring about1480 gara1500 to bring to passc1513 encause1527 to work out1534 inferc1540 excitate?1549 import1550 ycause1563 frame1576 effect1581 to bring in1584 effectuatea1586 apport?1591 introduce1605 create1607 generate1607 cast1633 efficiate1639 conciliate1646 impetrate1647 state1654 accompass1668 to bring to bear1668 to bring on1671 effectivate1717 makee1719 superinduce1837 birth1913 1668 A. Cheare Words in Season 33 He brings his torments to bear upon the limbs and members of the Body. 1744 Considerations Politics France 44 My sole Intention is to prove that France acts systematically, and that our Destruction, if it be not the End, will at least prove one of the Consequences of her bringing her System to bear. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. I. vii. 245 No human instrument has been brought to bear upon these stones. 1921 Forum Feb. 242 All diplomatic power of the Old World's ambassadorial representation will be brought to bear against high tariffs. 2006 New Yorker 6 Nov. 13/1 The recent development of neo-Old Masterish painting..brings subtle skills to bear on vulgar subjects. (b) To bring about, bring into existence. Now rare. ΚΠ 1684 J. Holloway Free & Voluntary Confession 6/1 Seeing the other business had gone so far.., if they could bring it to bear in London.., I rashly said,..we will undertake it. 1775 S. Johnson Let. 13 July (1992) II. 246 I am still of opinion, that we shall bring the Oxford riding School to bear. 1844 Farmer's Mag. Apr. 441/1 How can we carry this out further? It is by practical conversation..; and how can we bring this to bear better than by friendly associations like this? 2018 Real Estate Monitor Worldwide (Nexis) 18 Jan. Newman..carried out the necessary remediation and entitlements to bring the project to bear. (c) To place or situate (a piece of artillery) in a position to cover a target; to aim (a weapon, esp. a firearm). Also with on, upon a target. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge missile [verb (intransitive)] > aim to take aima1450 aim1566 to bring to bear1619 1619Bring to beare [see sense 34]. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxii. 112 When corporal Trim had brought his two mortars to bear, he was delighted with his handy-work above measure. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. ii. 29 Before a bow could be brought to bear. 1914 Infantry Training (War Office) xv. 200 The power of turning rapidly in any desired direction, or of ‘all-round traverse’, enables the gun to be brought to bear upon a fresh target without moving the tripod. 2017 G. Tallent My Absolute Darling xx. 275 Turtle brings the gun to bear on her third shot, pulls the trigger, and nothing happens. < as lemmas |
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