单词 | to have force |
释义 | > as lemmasto have force (to do) a. Of things (in non-material or moral relations): Power to influence, affect, or control (esp. men in their actions, sentiments, etc.). to have force (to do): to avail. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [noun] powerc1300 authorityc1405 voice1433 swaya1510 gravity1534 force1582 bias1587 interest1600 prevalence1612 prevailance1631 pondus1638 prevailancya1649 prevailency1650 influence1652 prevalency1652 weight1710 prevailingness1757 holding1770 mojo1923 clout1958 muscle1965 the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > be efficacious [verb (intransitive)] workOE availa1400 makea1400 prevaila1400 to hit the nail upon (or on) the headc1450 effect1592 serve1593 to tickle it1601 take1611 executea1627 to have force (to do)1713 answer1721 to take place1789 to do the trick1819 to hit (also go to, touch, etc.) the spot1836 produce1881 to press (also push) the button1890 to come through1906 to turn the trick1933 to make a (also the) point1991 1582 Lyly in T. Watson's Centurie of Loue (Arb.) 29 Mine appetite of lesse force then mine affection. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. C2v It [sc. learning] teacheth men the force of Circumstances. View more context for this quotation 1713 J. Addison Cato iv. ii Let not her cries or tears have force to move you. 1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) IV. vi. 117 Such prejudices arise from the prevailing force of education. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 276 The force of habit is certainly very strong, and prejudices the mind throughout. 1823 C. Lamb Old Benchers in Elia 197 S. was thought..a fit person to be consulted..from force of manner entirely. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. vi. iii. 175 I never heard that moral force won the battle of Waterloo. 1890 F. W. Robinson Very Strange Family 2 The force of circumstances had thrust me upon him. < as lemmas |
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