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单词 to come to bear
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to come to bear
b. to come to bear.
(a) To come into effective operation (against, on, or upon something); to be employed or exerted; to come into force.Now often in figurative contexts relating to weight or pressure.
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1688 E. Meredith Some Farther Remarks Acct. Dr. Tenison 116 They endeavor to spend the time in Preliminaries, so that they may be forced to break off before any Argument comes to bear.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 256 Here their arithmetic came to bear upon their juridical metaphysics.
1852 N. Brit. Rev. May 124/1 Those characteristics of Chalmers's mind, which..were..coming to bear upon the rising ministerial body in Scotland.
1909 Liberator (San Francisco) 3 July 4/1 It is right here that the work of the school in preparing adequately for citizenship comes to bear.
1945 Times 10 Jan. 4/1 Much has been achieved since the full weight of allied counter-measures came to bear against the Ardennes offensive.
2016 News (Murray State Univ.) (Nexis) 26 Sept. 1 Not-so-subtle pressure comes to bear on the innocent attendees to join the organization that sponsored the event.
(b) Of a piece of artillery: to come or be brought into a position to cover a target; (of a firearm) to be aimed. Now chiefly in historical contexts.
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1632 W. Watts Swedish Intelligencer: 2nd Pt. 146 His Ordnance could not possibly come to beare upon the bridge.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 282 Every one firing as fast as his Gun would come to bear.
1846 A. Cleveland Grace Loveland vi. 38/1 As your gun comes to bear, slap it right into his bows.
2000 J. M. Hanna Man called Shiloh (2001) ii. i. 41 As the rifle came to bear, Dan triggered a shot at him.
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