英语词汇“to find the right vein”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. to find (also strike, prick, etc.) the right vein and variants: to find the right or most effective way to elicit the desired reaction, communicate one's ideas, etc.Originally with reference to bloodletting, and thus a figurative use of sense 4 (cf. sense 10a); later more usually understood as a figurative use of sense 2 (cf. sense 10c). [In quot. a1425 after Old French prendre quelqu'un en bone vaine (late 13th cent. in the Roman de la Rose).]

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a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 3459 If he were touchid on somme good veyne He shuld yit rewen on thi peyne.

1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Ciij^v Vetus Comædia beganne to pricke him..in the right vaine.

1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. (new ed.) sig. A2 To credite any, that tickeleth the right veine, and feedeth the riotous humour of their licentious vanity.

1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. ix. 72 Satan..makes it his next care..to strike in the right Vein; for he loves to have his work easie and feasible.

1725 T. Fuller Direct. Counsels & Cautions 101 With morose Persons deal freely, openly, and familiarly... So shalt thou strike them in the right Vein, and make them more tractable.

1755 N. Hobart Congratulatory Let. 3 Mankind are easily caught..when we were well acquainted with their weak Side, and knew how to prick them in the right Vein.

1841 N.Y. Herald 27 Mar. Thorne has struck the right vein, and since the commencement of the present season has produced a series of dramas which have been more popular and profitable than [etc.].

1863 M. J. Holmes Marian Grey xii. 131 Mentally chiding himself for his stupidity in not striking the right vein, Ben continued: ‘I wonder he hain't married afore this.’

1952 Daily Plainsman (Huron, S. Dakota) 7 Sept. 1/2 He..was a polished speaker, hitting the right vein even when he, an eastern sophisticate Princeton grad, addressed a largely rural audience.

1990 Mod. Lang. Rev. 85 923 Its pages..breathe a different air of creative conviction: as of one who had finally found the right vein.

2001 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 30 Oct. 97 These characters and their traits are so well-defined by now..that there's real gold to mine if the writers strike the right veins.

单词	to find the right vein
释义	> as lemmas to find (also strike, prick, etc.) the right vein P3. to find (also strike, prick, etc.) the right vein and variants: to find the right or most effective way to elicit the desired reaction, communicate one's ideas, etc.Originally with reference to bloodletting, and thus a figurative use of sense 4 (cf. sense 10a); later more usually understood as a figurative use of sense 2 (cf. sense 10c). [In quot. a1425 after Old French prendre quelqu'un en bone vaine (late 13th cent. in the Roman de la Rose).] ΚΠ a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 3459 If he were touchid on somme good veyne He shuld yit rewen on thi peyne. 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Ciij^v Vetus Comædia beganne to pricke him..in the right vaine. 1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. (new ed.) sig. A2 To credite any, that tickeleth the right veine, and feedeth the riotous humour of their licentious vanity. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. ix. 72 Satan..makes it his next care..to strike in the right Vein; for he loves to have his work easie and feasible. 1725 T. Fuller Direct. Counsels & Cautions 101 With morose Persons deal freely, openly, and familiarly... So shalt thou strike them in the right Vein, and make them more tractable. 1755 N. Hobart Congratulatory Let. 3 Mankind are easily caught..when we were well acquainted with their weak Side, and knew how to prick them in the right Vein. 1841 N.Y. Herald 27 Mar. Thorne has struck the right vein, and since the commencement of the present season has produced a series of dramas which have been more popular and profitable than [etc.]. 1863 M. J. Holmes Marian Grey xii. 131 Mentally chiding himself for his stupidity in not striking the right vein, Ben continued: ‘I wonder he hain't married afore this.’ 1952 Daily Plainsman (Huron, S. Dakota) 7 Sept. 1/2 He..was a polished speaker, hitting the right vein even when he, an eastern sophisticate Princeton grad, addressed a largely rural audience. 1990 Mod. Lang. Rev. 85 923 Its pages..breathe a different air of creative conviction: as of one who had finally found the right vein. 2001 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 30 Oct. 97 These characters and their traits are so well-defined by now..that there's real gold to mine if the writers strike the right veins. extracted from veinn. < as lemmas
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