英语词汇“to make oneself useful”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. to make oneself useful: to do something that is of some value or benefit to others; to occupy oneself in a productive manner. Frequently with to.

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1660 S. Clarke Lives Two & Twenty Eng. Divines 33 He..made himself nothing so usefull to others.

1698 C. Davenant Disc. Publick Revenues I. i. 10 He that would furnish himself with such Skill in Foreign Affairs, as may make himself useful at Home, must begin with an Inquiry into the Condition of his own Country.

1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 198 That to be well receiv'd, it is indubitably necessary to make our selves useful to those we would recommend our selves to.

1824 Times 14 June 1/3 (advt.) He..can make himself useful in the upholstering and French polishing.

1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene II. ii. 166 I returned to the quarter-deck, and made myself as useful as I could.

1864 Student & Schoolmate Jan. 3 The rope was only half manned and wishing to make myself useful..I joined the party in charge of the ‘tub’.

1921 T. S. Eliot Let. 1 Jan. in V. Eliot Lett. T. S. Eliot I. (1988) 430 If you had some one over here who could fly about, I might be able to make myself useful to him.

1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xx. 307 You may now, and for the first time today, make yourself useful, and take my horse to the stables!

1996 A. Ghosh Calcutta Chromosome (1997) xxxix. 280 He made himself useful to the railways and they let him stay.

2004 New Yorker 14 June 90/3 We would be translating for them and handing them elevators and forceps and generally making ourselves useful.

单词	to make oneself useful
释义	> as lemmas to make oneself useful P2. to make oneself useful: to do something that is of some value or benefit to others; to occupy oneself in a productive manner. Frequently with to. ΚΠ 1660 S. Clarke Lives Two & Twenty Eng. Divines 33 He..made himself nothing so usefull to others. 1698 C. Davenant Disc. Publick Revenues I. i. 10 He that would furnish himself with such Skill in Foreign Affairs, as may make himself useful at Home, must begin with an Inquiry into the Condition of his own Country. 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 198 That to be well receiv'd, it is indubitably necessary to make our selves useful to those we would recommend our selves to. 1824 Times 14 June 1/3 (advt.) He..can make himself useful in the upholstering and French polishing. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene II. ii. 166 I returned to the quarter-deck, and made myself as useful as I could. 1864 Student & Schoolmate Jan. 3 The rope was only half manned and wishing to make myself useful..I joined the party in charge of the ‘tub’. 1921 T. S. Eliot Let. 1 Jan. in V. Eliot Lett. T. S. Eliot I. (1988) 430 If you had some one over here who could fly about, I might be able to make myself useful to him. 1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xx. 307 You may now, and for the first time today, make yourself useful, and take my horse to the stables! 1996 A. Ghosh Calcutta Chromosome (1997) xxxix. 280 He made himself useful to the railways and they let him stay. 2004 New Yorker 14 June 90/3 We would be translating for them and handing them elevators and forceps and generally making ourselves useful. extracted from usefuladj.n. < as lemmas
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