英语词汇“to advantage”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 advantage.

(a) In addition; further, more. Cf. sense 3a. [Compare the note at of advantage at Phrases 4.]

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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 209 Verst ocseþ [=ask] godes riche..and alle þise timliche þinges þou sselt habbe to auontage.

c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 232 (MED) Secheþ first þe kyngdom of heuene and his riȝtwisnesse, and alle þe oþere þinges..we schulle haue to auauntage..God doþ þe goodes of þis world þer-to in auauntage.

1588 A. Munday tr. Palmerin D'Oliua ii. xxi. sig. G3^v Sir Palmerin, so well is your prowesse and haughtie deedes of Armes knowne to euery one, as my prayse cannot extoll them to aduauntage.

(b) So as to increase or augment the effect of anything; advantageously, favourably.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > [adverb] > to (one's) advantage

fremefullyc1200

to advantage1604

1604 A. Willet Thes. Ecclesiæ xi. 127 The vnprofitable seruant is reproued, because he hid his talent in the earth, and put it not forth to aduantage.

1686 E. Waller Poems (ed. 5) 235 Like Jewels to advantage set, Her Beauty by the shade does get.

1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 19 True Wit is Nature to Advantage drest.

1794 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. 112 The lowest size of a Wiltshire down farm, that can be managed to advantage, is a good six horse business.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 303 The atmosphere has a quality of showing objects to a better advantage.

1895 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 27 July The young woman with two redundant ‘curves’ and an over-supply of pulchritudinous charm, may not affect the ‘sweater’ to advantage.

1935 Times 23 May 13/1 A spacious lawn is enclosed by yew hedges, against which the bloom of Scotch laburnum shows up to advantage.

1974 R. L. Hill Nails xvii. 175 She was pretty and her figure had been shown to advantage in the swimsuit.

1996 L. Al-Hafidh et al. Europe: Rough Guide (ed. 3) ii. xxvi. 1139 The exterior is best appreciated from outside the city, where the hundred-metre spire and the weighty buttressing can be seen to advantage.

单词	to advantage
释义	> as lemmas to advantage a. to advantage. (a) In addition; further, more. Cf. sense 3a. [Compare the note at of advantage at Phrases 4.] ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 209 Verst ocseþ [=ask] godes riche..and alle þise timliche þinges þou sselt habbe to auontage. c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 232 (MED) Secheþ first þe kyngdom of heuene and his riȝtwisnesse, and alle þe oþere þinges..we schulle haue to auauntage..God doþ þe goodes of þis world þer-to in auauntage. 1588 A. Munday tr. Palmerin D'Oliua ii. xxi. sig. G3^v Sir Palmerin, so well is your prowesse and haughtie deedes of Armes knowne to euery one, as my prayse cannot extoll them to aduauntage. (b) So as to increase or augment the effect of anything; advantageously, favourably. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [adverb] > to (one's) advantage fremefullyc1200 to advantage1604 1604 A. Willet Thes. Ecclesiæ xi. 127 The vnprofitable seruant is reproued, because he hid his talent in the earth, and put it not forth to aduantage. 1686 E. Waller Poems (ed. 5) 235 Like Jewels to advantage set, Her Beauty by the shade does get. 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 19 True Wit is Nature to Advantage drest. 1794 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. 112 The lowest size of a Wiltshire down farm, that can be managed to advantage, is a good six horse business. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 303 The atmosphere has a quality of showing objects to a better advantage. 1895 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 27 July The young woman with two redundant ‘curves’ and an over-supply of pulchritudinous charm, may not affect the ‘sweater’ to advantage. 1935 Times 23 May 13/1 A spacious lawn is enclosed by yew hedges, against which the bloom of Scotch laburnum shows up to advantage. 1974 R. L. Hill Nails xvii. 175 She was pretty and her figure had been shown to advantage in the swimsuit. 1996 L. Al-Hafidh et al. Europe: Rough Guide (ed. 3) ii. xxvi. 1139 The exterior is best appreciated from outside the city, where the hundred-metre spire and the weighty buttressing can be seen to advantage. extracted from advantagen. < as lemmas
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