单词 | to get mileage out of |
释义 | > as lemmasto get mileage out of 3. Extent or potential. Now esp.: the use or advantage to be derived from a particular situation, event, etc.; benefit, profit. Frequently in to get mileage out of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > turning to account > capacity for mileage1860 percentage1862 what is (also was, etc.) in it for——1884 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. x. 155 It has been a heavy mileage of neglect for which we have already paid dearly. 1902 Daily Chron. 15 Oct. 3/2 A study less common than the mileage of metrical English might lead one to suppose. 1945 N. L. McClung Stream runs Fast p. xi There was good mileage in me yet. 1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File xxv. 158 In the Café Budapest..‘kezet csokolom’ (kiss your hand) had given good mileage with the younger waitresses. 1971 Rolling Stone 24 June 36/1 Sam's got mileage that any PR firm might envy: front-page space in both San Francisco dailies,..and wire service coverage. 1974 T. Allbeury Snowball iii. 14 They'd enjoy stirring up the Canadians, and the French-Canadians would..get a lot of political mileage. 1990 Films & Filming Mar. 45/3 Although the resolution of this theme is fudged by the melodramatic conclusion, Spielberg gets much mileage out of Pete's yearning for mortality and pain at the loss of Dorinda. < as lemmas |
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