英语词汇“to hand on a platter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to hand (something to a person) on a (silver) platter: to hand (something to a person) without requiring that person to make any effort or go to any trouble over the matter; to present (something) without it having been asked or sought for; to present in a complete or fully accomplished form. Cf. to hand (also give) (something) to (a person) on a plate at plate n. 27b.

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1896 Washington Post 28 Feb. 6/2 Will he take it [sc. the nomination], even if it be handed to him on a silver platter..with the prayers and the solicitations of his fellow Democrats?

1918 T. Wolfe Let. 18 Feb. (1958) 8 You don't get anything handed to you on a silver platter.

1960 G. Sanders Mem. Professional Cad i. vii. 55 I was otherwise engaged at the time building a telescope in my back garden and being, by vocation, a dilettante, this interested me far more than the golden future which Mr. Mayer was going to offer me on a silver platter.

2004 Progress Leader (Australia) (Nexis) 10 Aug. 81 Everything the lifestyle guru ordered is handed to you on a silver platter at this address.

单词	to hand on a platter
释义	> as lemmas to hand (something to a person) on a (silver) platter b. to hand (something to a person) on a (silver) platter: to hand (something to a person) without requiring that person to make any effort or go to any trouble over the matter; to present (something) without it having been asked or sought for; to present in a complete or fully accomplished form. Cf. to hand (also give) (something) to (a person) on a plate at plate n. 27b. ΚΠ 1896 Washington Post 28 Feb. 6/2 Will he take it [sc. the nomination], even if it be handed to him on a silver platter..with the prayers and the solicitations of his fellow Democrats? 1918 T. Wolfe Let. 18 Feb. (1958) 8 You don't get anything handed to you on a silver platter. 1960 G. Sanders Mem. Professional Cad i. vii. 55 I was otherwise engaged at the time building a telescope in my back garden and being, by vocation, a dilettante, this interested me far more than the golden future which Mr. Mayer was going to offer me on a silver platter. 2004 Progress Leader (Australia) (Nexis) 10 Aug. 81 Everything the lifestyle guru ordered is handed to you on a silver platter at this address. extracted from plattern.¹ < as lemmas
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