| 单词 | to gain ground on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto gain ground on (†of) b. to gain ground on (†of): to make progress at the expense of, to encroach upon. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > advance (a proceeding) from previous stage [verb (transitive)] > make more progress than > make progress at the expense of to gain ground on (of)1644 1644 Sir G. Markham in Cal. State Papers Domestic Ser. (1888) 86 I hear that Essex loses credit with his party, and Waller gains ground of him. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins II. xxiii. 286 My Melancholy for the Death of my Wife, which I hoped time would wear off, rather gained ground upon me. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 75 Villeins, by this and many other means, in process of time gained considerable ground on their lords. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 240 The Parliament was slowly, but constantly, gaining ground on the prerogative. < as lemmas |
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