单词 | to get the start |
释义 | > as lemmasto get (also have) the start P3. to get (also have) the start of: to get ahead of (a person, originally a competitor in a race); (more generally) to gain an advantage over; to get the better of; †to surpass (obsolete). †to get (also have) the start: to get ahead, take the lead (obsolete). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > get ahead of to get of ——1548 to get (also have) the start of1569 to get (also gain) a march (up)on1707 to cut out1738 1569 N. Haward tr. Seneca Line of Liberalitie ii. xxv. f. 74v He that is appointed to runne for a wager, muste watche diligentlie to get the start of hys fellowe [L. opperiri debere tempus suum]. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 101v Those, who hauing gotten the startte in a race, thinke none to be neere their heeles. 1602 W. Watson tr. E. Pasquier Iesuites Catech. iii. xix. f. 190 Seeing you professe your selues to be Logicians, & to haue the start of all men in scholasticall Diuinitie. 1611 B. Jonson Catiline iii. sig. F4v Here is a Lady, that hath got the start, In piety, of vs all. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 132 It doth amaze me, A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the Maiesticke world. View more context for this quotation 1631 W. Cornwallis Ess. (ed. 2) ii. li. 327 They haue the start that are borne great, but hee that ouertakes, hath the honour. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. xxxv. 54 Dr. Jorden hath got the start of any that ever writ of this subject. 1665 J. Bunyan Holy Citie (1669) 98 The Twelve will have the start of him; for they both had the Spirit as he, and more then he. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 278 Twitch-grass and other Weeds..got the start of the St. Foyn and kill'd it. 1753 G. Washington Jrnl. (1754) 26 Walked all the remaining Part of the Night without making any Stop; that we might get the Start, so far, as to be out of the Reach of their Pursuit the next Day. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. vi. 75 I remained motionless for some seconds, which gave him time to get the start of me. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond iv I did not go to the office till half an hour after opening time... I was not sorry to let Hoskins have the start of me, and tell the chaps what had taken place. 1861 K. H. Digby Chapel St. John (1863) 169 She never suffered her imagination to get the start of her judgment. 1914 Power Boating Oct. 22/2 On Friday he got the start of the bunch, crossing at full speed 4 seconds after gunfire. 1953 Times (Cullman, Alabama) 22 Oct. We should have worked the garden better... The crab grass got the start of us. < as lemmas |
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