| 单词 | to make the first move |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make the first move 4. An action calculated to secure some end or one which initiates or advances a process or plan; a step towards an objective. a (good, bad, wise, etc.) move: a (prudent or imprudent) decision or course of action. to make the first move: to initiate an action, to take the first step (esp. in a difficult situation). N.E.D. (1908) treats this sense, along with sense 2b, as a figurative development of sense 2a. In some of the cases an allusion to board games may be perceived, but in others (esp. more recent quots.) derivation from sense 3 or directly from various senses of move v. is also possible. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient costOE craftOE custc1275 ginc1275 devicec1290 enginec1300 quaintisec1300 contrevurec1330 castc1340 knackc1369 findinga1382 wilea1400 conject14.. skiftc1400 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 policec1450 conjecturea1464 industry1477 invention1516 cunning1526 shift1530 compass1540 chevisance1548 trade1550 tour1558 fashion1562 invent?1567 expediment1571 trick1573 ingeny1588 machine1595 lock1598 contrival1602 contrivement1611 artifice1620 recipea1643 ingenuity1651 expedient1653 contrivance1661 excogitation1664 mechanism1669 expediency1683 stroke1699 spell1728 management1736 manoeuvre1769 move1794 wrinkle1817 dodge1842 jigamaree1847 quiff1881 kink1889 lurk1916 gadget1920 fastie1931 ploy1940 1794 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 117 The move of bepraising a man by enumerating the beauties of his polygraph is at least an original one. 1830 M. W. Shelley Fortunes Perkin Warbeck II. i. 12 Men expected that some other would make the first move, which would put in play the menacing forces mustered on either side. 1840 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 3rd Ser. viii. 105 And a-travellin' about, and a-livin' on the best, and sleepin' in the spare bed always, ain't a bad move nother. 1868 E. Yates Rock Ahead III. iii. ii. 43 He has sent for his own housekeeper, which is a good move. 1884 Good Words June 400/1 The practical details of prison discipline, and the moves by which its rigours may be softened or evaded by the old birds. 1891 Amer. Cricket Ann. 10 The organisation of the Metropolitan District Cricket League was certainly a move in the right direction. 1901 S. Merwin & H. K. Webster Calumet ‘K’ i. 15 All that remained was to wait until the business agent made the next move. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xii. 265 ‘Kneel,’ she said. ‘You wont even need to speak to Him yourself. Just kneel. Just make the first move.’ 1955 M. Wheeler Still Digging (1958) 140 The Americans were at any rate half a move ahead of us. 1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting 135 Hating to make the first move, he is delighted when Spud starts talking to her mate, because Spud never normally takes the initiative in that way. 1995 Esquire July 120/1 Earle was sleeping in south Nashville flophouses. Sounds like a bad career move. < as lemmas |
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