| 单词 | to make a push |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make (also † give) a push a. An act of exerting vigorous effort for or to achieve some goal. Frequently in to make (also † give) a push: to make an attempt; to try for (also †at, or to do) something. Also †upon the (also a) push. at one push: all at once, in one go; †at the first push; at first, initially, early on (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > spell or bout of action turnc1230 heatc1380 touch1481 pluck?1499 push?1560 bout1575 yoking1594 pull1667 tirl1718 innings1772 go1784 gamble1785 pop1839 run1864 gang1879 inning1885 shot1939 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Iranian > Pashto or Saka push?1560 Afghan1793 Pakhto1861 Saka1932 Pashto1962 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Iranian > east Scythian > Pashto push?1560 Pakhto1784 Afghani1826 Afghan1933 Pashto1964 Pashtun1973 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > instance of > an effort > vigorous push1721 putsch1938 the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt > hard or vigorous tug1673 push1746 dasher1884 ?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. Civ What soever countenance Philip make, and under what pretences soever he shroud himselfe, his very intent and drift is to give a push for the kyngdome of Persia. 1565 T. Stapleton Disc. Doctrine Protestants in tr. F. Staphylus Apol. f. 165v The whole corps off scripture was not, you know, at one push approued. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie i. ix. 51/2 True it is that we perceiue it not at the first push. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. E2 Many men that are able to pay their debts, doo not..pay them presently at one push. 1601 J. Manningham Diary Feb. (1976) 49 Mr. Cokayne..their [= there] married him upon a pushe to a kinswoman of his. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 13 Exact Reformation is not perfited at the first push. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xlviii. 214 Such is the nature and complexion of the frenches, that they are worth nothing, but at the first push. 1721 J. Perry Acct. Stopping Daggenham Breach 80 A great Number of Hands..wanting to make a Push as it was call'd, to turn the Tides out of the Levels. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 168 All their Art cannot make a thick-winded Horse run as long Pushes, as one with..a better Wind. 1746 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 8 Feb. (1932) (modernized text) III. 728 He [sc. Demosthenes]..at last made his strong push at the passions of his hearers. 1797 T. Morton Cure for Heart-ache ii. i. 27 Then, returning as completely vers'd in foreign manners and languages as the best of them, I'll make a push at high life. 1806 S. Mead Let. 4 Feb. in L. Dow Dealings of God, Man, & Devil (1849) 193/1 From the state of things I was continually upon the push. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. ix. 171 The consciousness of having made a push—of having thrown a die. View more context for this quotation 1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 21 The Rump made a grand push to make over the City of Westminster to the Whigs. 1846 L. H. Sigourney Myrtis 147 I guess they did not see any thing they liked on the table, and thought they'd make a push to get something more to their taste. 1908 H. M. V. Temperley in Cambr. Mod. Hist. V. xv. 473 Bolingbroke addressed to his colleague a series of passionate appeals, bidding him in turn make a push for government. 1997 Chicago Tribune 14 Dec. iii. 12/3 The second-year quarterback is making a push to stick around for a third year. 2005 Express (Nexis) 1 June 68 Chairman Milan Mandaric..will make one last push for success before quitting. to make a push In early use chiefly in to make a push (frequently with at, for, through, etc.).extracted from pushn.2< as lemmas |
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