英语词汇“to get in on the ground floor”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. figurative. Also in to get (or be let) in on the ground floor originally U.S.: ‘to be allowed to share in a speculation on the same terms as the original promoters’ (Farmer). Also in other similar expressions with wider meaning.

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1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vii. 225 The inductive truth-seeker is on the ground-floor of facts.

1872 T. De W. Talmage Abom. Mod. Society 118 A select number go in on the ‘ground floor’.

1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 181 The ground-floor of material industry.

1901 S. Merwin & H. K. Webster Calumet ‘K’ xi. 211 Well then, we'll have to let you in on the ground floor.

1904 ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings xii. 206 Says he's heard of the boom along this coast, and wants to get in on the ground floor.

1909 E. S. Barnett Dragnet 12 To take advantage of this ground floor proposition Alexander and Company will have to give up its identity, and be a branch.

1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle xii. 159 The promoters are keeping it to themselves. They aren't taking in more than they can help on the ground-floor.

1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xiv. 167 It was out of the question then for Mrs. Barton Trafford to get in on the ground floor. She could only buy in the open market.

1939 J. B. Priestley Johnson over Jordan 57 Still plenty of good things if you know where to find 'em and get in on the ground floor.

1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 82 Spain bestirred herself to get in on the nearest thing she could find in the way of a ground floor, by declaring war on England in the June of [1779].

1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xix. 319 It'd be a big thing, Alec... You're in on this, in on the ground floor.

1958 Spectator 7 Feb. 169/1 It was thus comparatively easy to get in on the ground floor of the occasional project.

1966 A. Loos Girl like I (1967) iii. 68 My problem was that, without realizing it, I was in on the ground floor of a sex revolution: the twentieth century's breakdown of romantic love between the sexes.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 48/5 (advt.) Surgical sales representative... Outstanding future—ground floor opportunity.

1970 Observer 1 Mar. 31/6 I'd get in on the ground floor and see it now if I were you.

单词	to get in on the ground floor
释义	> as lemmas to get (or be let) in on the ground floor b. figurative. Also in to get (or be let) in on the ground floor originally U.S.: ‘to be allowed to share in a speculation on the same terms as the original promoters’ (Farmer). Also in other similar expressions with wider meaning. ΚΠ 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vii. 225 The inductive truth-seeker is on the ground-floor of facts. 1872 T. De W. Talmage Abom. Mod. Society 118 A select number go in on the ‘ground floor’. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 181 The ground-floor of material industry. 1901 S. Merwin & H. K. Webster Calumet ‘K’ xi. 211 Well then, we'll have to let you in on the ground floor. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings xii. 206 Says he's heard of the boom along this coast, and wants to get in on the ground floor. 1909 E. S. Barnett Dragnet 12 To take advantage of this ground floor proposition Alexander and Company will have to give up its identity, and be a branch. 1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle xii. 159 The promoters are keeping it to themselves. They aren't taking in more than they can help on the ground-floor. 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xiv. 167 It was out of the question then for Mrs. Barton Trafford to get in on the ground floor. She could only buy in the open market. 1939 J. B. Priestley Johnson over Jordan 57 Still plenty of good things if you know where to find 'em and get in on the ground floor. 1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 82 Spain bestirred herself to get in on the nearest thing she could find in the way of a ground floor, by declaring war on England in the June of [1779]. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xix. 319 It'd be a big thing, Alec... You're in on this, in on the ground floor. 1958 Spectator 7 Feb. 169/1 It was thus comparatively easy to get in on the ground floor of the occasional project. 1966 A. Loos Girl like I (1967) iii. 68 My problem was that, without realizing it, I was in on the ground floor of a sex revolution: the twentieth century's breakdown of romantic love between the sexes. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 48/5 (advt.) Surgical sales representative... Outstanding future—ground floor opportunity. 1970 Observer 1 Mar. 31/6 I'd get in on the ground floor and see it now if I were you. extracted from ground floorn. < as lemmas
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