英语词汇“to give points to”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. [after French donner des points à (1661; also céder des points (1815), rendre des points (1845))] to give points to: to allow (a rival) to start a game with a number of points already credited to his or her score, as a handicap to oneself. Chiefly figurative: to be superior to.In later use sometimes influenced by sense 33, hence taking on the sense ‘to give hints or advice to’.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > have or get (someone) at a disadvantage

to have at avail1470

to catch, have, hold, take (one) at (a or the) vantagec1510

to gain of1548

to be to the forehand with1558

to have (take) on (in, at) the lurch1591

to get the sun of1598

to have (also get) a good hand against1600

to take (have, etc.) at a why-nota1612

to weather on or upon1707

to have the laugh on a person1767

to have a (or the) pull of (also over, on)1781

to get to windward of1783

to have the bulge on1841

to give points to1854

to get (have) the drop on1869

to hold over1872

to have an (or the) edge on1896

to get (also have) the goods on1903

to get (or have) the jump on1912

to have (got) by the balls1918

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xviii. 173 He could speedily beat all the club at Lundy's at billiards, and give points to the redoubted F. B. himself.

1883 American 6 333 Any average Eton boy could give points to His Holiness in the matter of Latin verses.

1895 F. E. Trollope F. Trollope II. i. 16 She could give points to many younger women and beat them.

1923 E. A. Powell By Camel & Car to Peacock Throne iii. 85 Our Arab could have given points to Uncas, the hero of ‘The Last of the Mohicans’.

1981 Musical Times Aug. 545/3 In freshness of tone he could give points to most tenors half his age.

单词	to give points to
释义	> as lemmas to give points to a. [after French donner des points à (1661; also céder des points (1815), rendre des points (1845))] to give points to: to allow (a rival) to start a game with a number of points already credited to his or her score, as a handicap to oneself. Chiefly figurative: to be superior to.In later use sometimes influenced by sense 33, hence taking on the sense ‘to give hints or advice to’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > have or get (someone) at a disadvantage to have at avail1470 to catch, have, hold, take (one) at (a or the) vantagec1510 to gain of1548 to be to the forehand with1558 to have (take) on (in, at) the lurch1591 to get the sun of1598 to have (also get) a good hand against1600 to take (have, etc.) at a why-nota1612 to weather on or upon1707 to have the laugh on a person1767 to have a (or the) pull of (also over, on)1781 to get to windward of1783 to have the bulge on1841 to give points to1854 to get (have) the drop on1869 to hold over1872 to have an (or the) edge on1896 to get (also have) the goods on1903 to get (or have) the jump on1912 to have (got) by the balls1918 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xviii. 173 He could speedily beat all the club at Lundy's at billiards, and give points to the redoubted F. B. himself. 1883 American 6 333 Any average Eton boy could give points to His Holiness in the matter of Latin verses. 1895 F. E. Trollope F. Trollope II. i. 16 She could give points to many younger women and beat them. 1923 E. A. Powell By Camel & Car to Peacock Throne iii. 85 Our Arab could have given points to Uncas, the hero of ‘The Last of the Mohicans’. 1981 Musical Times Aug. 545/3 In freshness of tone he could give points to most tenors half his age. extracted from pointn.¹ < as lemmas
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