| 单词 | to find means |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto find means b. †to make means: to take steps or make efforts (obsolete). to find means [compare Middle French trouver moyen de (a1473)] : to find a way, contrive, manage (with infinitive as object; formerly also with †of); also to find the means (also †mean) (with infinitive as object; formerly also with †for or †that-clause). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > to do something cuneOE seekc1000 fanda1225 suec1325 tastec1330 enforcec1340 study1340 temptc1384 intendc1385 assaila1393 proffera1393 to make meansc1395 search?a1400 fraistc1400 pursuec1400 to go aboutc1405 pretend1482 attempta1513 essay?1515 attend1523 regarda1533 offer1541 frame1545 to stand about1549 to put into (also in) practice1592 prove1612 imitate1626 snap1766 begin1833 make1880 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > intercede or use influence for [verb (transitive)] > intercede or use influence with to make meansc1395 intercess1586 intercessionate1594 intercede1698 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > find means to do something [verb (intransitive)] to make one's waya1400 to find (the) moyen (also moyens)1449 to find the means (also mean)1461 to find means?1464 to see one's way1628 c1395 G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale 883 How thanne may it be That ye swiche menes make it to destroyen, Whiche menes do no good but euere anoyen? 1461 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 96 That Richard Calle fynde the meane that a distresse may be taken of such bestes as occupie the ground at Stratton. ?1464 J. Russe in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 282 Ore hise wryting cam Wydwell fond the meanys..that we had a discharge fore hym out of the Chauncery. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia ii. sig. Pivv They make all the meanes and shyftes that maye be to kepe themselfes from the necessitye of fyghtynge. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 45 Then meanes was made vpon either side for the deliuery and exchaunge of prisoners. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. viii. 8 b I founde the meanes for moneye and withe fayre woordes to hyre a..Spaniarde. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 259 We..found meanes to pierce the vessell, and get good Wine to our ill fare. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 562 A man much renowned for..the charges he was at, and the meanes he made, to adorne..his Church. 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xvi. 193 There he found means to give them all the slip. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. iii. 10 It was this Gentleman, who..had found means to question him, concerning several Particulars. View more context for this quotation 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer viii. 211 One of them had been bred a weaver, and having a loom in the house, found means of cloathing the whole family. 1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein II. vi. 88 This lovely girl..found means to express her thoughts in the language of her lover by the aid of an old man, a servant of her father's, who understood French. 1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables xii. 190 He had visited Europe, and found means, before his return, to see Italy, and part of France and Germany. 1881 A. Trollope Dr. Wortle's School I. viii. 142 If the first brunt of it were over, I could find means to comfort you. 1916 E. R. Burroughs Beasts of Tarzan x. 157 It was with difficulty that Tarzan could find means to communicate with the natives. 1991 H. Barty-King Worst Poverty 89 Though the law prohibited the forcible opening of a door, yet the bailiffs found means to evade that prohibition. < as lemmas |
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