| 单词 | to draw upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto draw upon —— to draw upon —— 1. intransitive. To make permitted demands on (a person or institution) for funds; = to draw on —— 1 at Phrasal verbs 2. Cf. sense 91. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > receive or take money > from a person firk1604 to draw upon ——1682 1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges v. 24 If a Drawer draw upon one that lives not at the place where the Payment must be made. 1732 J. Gay Let. 16 Nov. in J. Swift Corr. (1766) II. 171 You may now draw upon me for your money, as soon as you please. 1782 B. Franklin Let. 30 Mar. in Papers (2003) XXXVII. 73 I wrote to him to draw upon me for..near Thirty Thousand Pounds Sterling, which will put a Stop to those Protestations. 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 26 I have..taken the liberty to draw upon you for £5000. 2010 Business Hist. Rev. 84 38 Every shareholder would be able to draw upon the bank in the form of cash credit to the extent of half of his or her paid-up capital. 2. intransitive. To use (something) as a resource; to utilize; = to draw on —— 2 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > press into service impress1657 enlist1699 to draw upon ——1800 requisition1871 to press into service1926 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse to [verb (transitive)] fang855 runOE to take to ——?c1225 seeka1300 goc1390 to have (one's or a) recourse toc1405 recourse?a1425 suit1450 to take (also make or make one's) recourse to (also into)c1456 repairc1475 to fall to ——1490 recur1511 to take unto ——1553 flee1563 betake1590 retreat1650 to call on ——1721 devolve1744 to draw upon ——1800 to draw on ——a1817 1800 Ann. Reg. 1797 (Otridge ed.) Hist. Europe 166/2 England, to meet the war of assignats, drew upon the finances of posterity. 1859 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 20 ii. 488 [Wheat] draws less upon the natural powers of the soil. 1860 Temple Bar Dec. 41 They drew amply upon their imagination when facts failed. 1920 J. C. Powys Complex Vision 358 A demonic or magnetic force in life which can be drawn upon either for good or for evil. 2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 3 Jan. 19/5 Mullis now hopes to draw upon this pool of expertise. < as lemmas |
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