英语词汇“to leave to his shifts”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. to put or drive (one) to one's shifts, to put or drive to a (or †the) shift or shifts (often with adjective as hard, miserable, etc.): to bring to extremity. †to leave (a person) to his shifts: to leave him to help himself.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty > reduce to straits

enstraita1500

plungea1513

to put or drive to a (or the) shift or shifts1553

to put (one) to (upon) his trump or trumps1559

to drive (a person) near1594

to put, drive, reduce, etc. to the last shiftsa1604

to be hard (also sorely, etc.) put to ita1616

press1672

pinch1693

push1761

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. i. f. 4^v He was driuen to so narrowe shifte, that to furnishe hym selfe of money, he became a Pyrat.

1581 Compendious Exam. Certayne Ordinary Complaints ii. f. 15 Yee draue him to his shifts.

1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. D Except that Tullie were thy name, Thy pen were put to shiftes.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 195 These knightes..were much driven to their shiftes, to get money for that journey.

1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 58 Weake faith lookes for meanes, and is put to shifts when shee sees meanes faile.

1663 A. Cowley Of Solitude in Ess. in Verse & Prose ⁋3 (1906) 393 It is a deplorable condition, this, and drives a man sometimes to pittiful shifts in seeking how to avoid Himself.

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 125 They are reduc'd to hard shifts, must grapple with poverty [etc.].

1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 328 He knew this to be the Elephant, that had put him so hard to his shifts.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 226 Many..who were put to hard shifts to live.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 78 The Gunner being thus driven to his Shifts, made down to the Shore.

1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals v. i The dear delicious shifts I used to be put to, to gain half a minute's conversation.

1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 173 Two or three bad harvests, a murrain, or a blight, for example might put you sadly to your shifts.

1842 G. S. Faber Provinc. Lett. (1844) I. 110 When gentlemen resort to such arguments, it shows that they must be sorely put to their shifts.

1849 Ainsworth's Mag. 16 524 A man likely to be put to the shift in these days would be a fool indeed to marry without it [money].

1856 T. B. Macaulay Goldsmith in Biogr. (1860) 60 He was still often reduced to pitiable shifts.

1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay i. 10 He was put to strange shifts to make out a living.

单词	to leave to his shifts
释义	> as lemmas to leave (a person) to his shifts e. to put or drive (one) to one's shifts, to put or drive to a (or †the) shift or shifts (often with adjective as hard, miserable, etc.): to bring to extremity. †to leave (a person) to his shifts: to leave him to help himself. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty > reduce to straits enstraita1500 plungea1513 to put or drive to a (or the) shift or shifts1553 to put (one) to (upon) his trump or trumps1559 to drive (a person) near1594 to put, drive, reduce, etc. to the last shiftsa1604 to be hard (also sorely, etc.) put to ita1616 press1672 pinch1693 push1761 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. i. f. 4^v He was driuen to so narrowe shifte, that to furnishe hym selfe of money, he became a Pyrat. 1581 Compendious Exam. Certayne Ordinary Complaints ii. f. 15 Yee draue him to his shifts. 1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. D Except that Tullie were thy name, Thy pen were put to shiftes. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 195 These knightes..were much driven to their shiftes, to get money for that journey. 1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 58 Weake faith lookes for meanes, and is put to shifts when shee sees meanes faile. 1663 A. Cowley Of Solitude in Ess. in Verse & Prose ⁋3 (1906) 393 It is a deplorable condition, this, and drives a man sometimes to pittiful shifts in seeking how to avoid Himself. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 125 They are reduc'd to hard shifts, must grapple with poverty [etc.]. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 328 He knew this to be the Elephant, that had put him so hard to his shifts. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 226 Many..who were put to hard shifts to live. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 78 The Gunner being thus driven to his Shifts, made down to the Shore. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals v. i The dear delicious shifts I used to be put to, to gain half a minute's conversation. 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 173 Two or three bad harvests, a murrain, or a blight, for example might put you sadly to your shifts. 1842 G. S. Faber Provinc. Lett. (1844) I. 110 When gentlemen resort to such arguments, it shows that they must be sorely put to their shifts. 1849 Ainsworth's Mag. 16 524 A man likely to be put to the shift in these days would be a fool indeed to marry without it [money]. 1856 T. B. Macaulay Goldsmith in Biogr. (1860) 60 He was still often reduced to pitiable shifts. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay i. 10 He was put to strange shifts to make out a living. extracted from shiftn. < as lemmas
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