英语词汇“to do one's best”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

4. Usually with possessive: effort which surpasses all others in commitment or dedication, or reaches the highest level of which one is capable; the or one's utmost. Originally and chiefly in to do (also try) one's best: to do one's utmost (to do something); to try as hard as possible.See also one's level best at level adj. 9.In later use one's best is sometimes used adverbially with verbs of performance other than do and try and has the sense ‘as well as possible, as best one can’ (see e.g. quot. 1927).

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > do one's utmost

to do (also lay) one's mightc1175

to do, make one's wisec1290

to do (also make) one's powerc1390

to hold (also keep) foot withc1438

to do one's force?c1450

to do or die1487

to do one's endeavour(sc1500

to do the best of one's power1523

to do (also try) one's best1585

to do one's possible1792

to pull out all the stops1927

to bust (also break) one's balls1968

c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 54 Hi turnde tho, And dude here beste aȝe the Prince, ac evereft he was wo.

a1400 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Egerton) (1927) l. 1907 (MED) Whenne ȝe beþ yn, do ȝoure best.

1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. i. sig. aj And yf he wille not come at your somons, thenne may ye do your best.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. Prol. I laboured and dyd my best to perfourme this boke.

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. vi. 95 When a man hath doone his best, he must then begin againe.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. ii. 151 Do thy best To pluck this crawling serpent, from my brest.

1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love v. 73 I will do my best to disingage my heart from this furious tender which I have for him.

1738 A. Pope Satires of Horace ii. vi. 173 He did his best to seem to eat.

1775 S. Johnson Let. 20 July (1788) I. cxxx. 281 Poor Ralph! he is gone; and nothing remains but to comfort yourself with having done your best.

1850 Musical World 24 Aug. 538/1 That their best was not better was not their fault, but the will of Above.

1879 Sci. Observer June 65 On the other evenings, the best I could do was to make careful allineations of the comet with the telescopic stars in the field [of view].

1886 Times 20 Nov. 9/3 The young fiddlers and 'cellists do their very best, which is by no means contemptible.

1927 Boys' Life Aug. 20/2 No man can play his best with some outside thing on his mind.

1974 A. Ross Bradford Business 175 ‘I'll try my best, Charlie,’ I said, ‘scout's honour.’

2012 Daily Tel. 3 Sept. 5/2 My best wasn't good enough. I knew I'd blown it.

单词	to do one's best
释义	> as lemmas to do (also try) one's best 4. Usually with possessive: effort which surpasses all others in commitment or dedication, or reaches the highest level of which one is capable; the or one's utmost. Originally and chiefly in to do (also try) one's best: to do one's utmost (to do something); to try as hard as possible.See also one's level best at level adj. 9.In later use one's best is sometimes used adverbially with verbs of performance other than do and try and has the sense ‘as well as possible, as best one can’ (see e.g. quot. 1927). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > do one's utmost to do (also lay) one's mightc1175 to do, make one's wisec1290 to do (also make) one's powerc1390 to hold (also keep) foot withc1438 to do one's force?c1450 to do or die1487 to do one's endeavour(sc1500 to do the best of one's power1523 to do (also try) one's best1585 to do one's possible1792 to pull out all the stops1927 to bust (also break) one's balls1968 c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 54 Hi turnde tho, And dude here beste aȝe the Prince, ac evereft he was wo. a1400 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Egerton) (1927) l. 1907 (MED) Whenne ȝe beþ yn, do ȝoure best. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. i. sig. aj And yf he wille not come at your somons, thenne may ye do your best. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. Prol. I laboured and dyd my best to perfourme this boke. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. vi. 95 When a man hath doone his best, he must then begin againe. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. ii. 151 Do thy best To pluck this crawling serpent, from my brest. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love v. 73 I will do my best to disingage my heart from this furious tender which I have for him. 1738 A. Pope Satires of Horace ii. vi. 173 He did his best to seem to eat. 1775 S. Johnson Let. 20 July (1788) I. cxxx. 281 Poor Ralph! he is gone; and nothing remains but to comfort yourself with having done your best. 1850 Musical World 24 Aug. 538/1 That their best was not better was not their fault, but the will of Above. 1879 Sci. Observer June 65 On the other evenings, the best I could do was to make careful allineations of the comet with the telescopic stars in the field [of view]. 1886 Times 20 Nov. 9/3 The young fiddlers and 'cellists do their very best, which is by no means contemptible. 1927 Boys' Life Aug. 20/2 No man can play his best with some outside thing on his mind. 1974 A. Ross Bradford Business 175 ‘I'll try my best, Charlie,’ I said, ‘scout's honour.’ 2012 Daily Tel. 3 Sept. 5/2 My best wasn't good enough. I knew I'd blown it. extracted from bestadj.n.¹adv. < as lemmas
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