英语词汇“to break the back of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to break the back of: (figurative) to overburden, crush; to finish the hardest part of (a task).

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society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > cause to suffer shipwreck [verb (transitive)] > cause to break up > break back of

to break the back of1623

the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > surmount (difficulty or disaster) > a challenging task

to break the back of1873

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > advance (a proceeding) from previous stage [verb (transitive)] > finish the main part of

to break the neck ofa1592

to break the heart of1679

to break the back of1883

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 84 Many Haue broke their backes with laying Mannors on 'em For this great Iourney.

1873 Baily's Monthly Mag. 24 45 Between them they broke the back of the Eton bowling.

1883 E. G. Holtham Eight Years in Japan vii. 151 That I had better stick to my onward route, at any rate till I had ‘broken the back’ of the journey overland to Kiyōto.

1891 R. Kipling Courting Dinah Shadd in Life's Handicap 35 Your flanks are unprotected for two miles. I think we've broken the back of this division.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 9 Mar. 4/1 The back of the fire was broken at noon.

1911 H. S. Harrison Queed iv. 40 The very next day, the back of the morning's mail being broken, [etc.].

1965 ‘R. Erskine’ Passion Flowers in Business viii. 97 ‘Your labours..must be nearing completion.’ ‘I've broken the back of it, oh yes!’

单词	to break the back of
释义	> as lemmas to break the back of a. to break the back of: (figurative) to overburden, crush; to finish the hardest part of (a task). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > cause to suffer shipwreck [verb (transitive)] > cause to break up > break back of to break the back of1623 the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > surmount (difficulty or disaster) > a challenging task to break the back of1873 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > advance (a proceeding) from previous stage [verb (transitive)] > finish the main part of to break the neck ofa1592 to break the heart of1679 to break the back of1883 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 84 Many Haue broke their backes with laying Mannors on 'em For this great Iourney. View more context for this quotation 1873 Baily's Monthly Mag. 24 45 Between them they broke the back of the Eton bowling. 1883 E. G. Holtham Eight Years in Japan vii. 151 That I had better stick to my onward route, at any rate till I had ‘broken the back’ of the journey overland to Kiyōto. 1891 R. Kipling Courting Dinah Shadd in Life's Handicap 35 Your flanks are unprotected for two miles. I think we've broken the back of this division. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 9 Mar. 4/1 The back of the fire was broken at noon. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed iv. 40 The very next day, the back of the morning's mail being broken, [etc.]. 1965 ‘R. Erskine’ Passion Flowers in Business viii. 97 ‘Your labours..must be nearing completion.’ ‘I've broken the back of it, oh yes!’ extracted from backn.¹ < as lemmas
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