英语词汇“to keep the ball rolling”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 keep the ball rolling: to maintain the pace or dynamism of an idea, undertaking, etc.; (also) to set (or start) the ball rolling: to initiate an idea, undertaking, etc.

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the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (intransitive)]

initiate1725

to set (or start) the ball rolling1770

to take the initiative1856

to throw off1866

tee1961

the world > action or operation > continuing > continue doing or keep going in a course of action [verb (intransitive)] > keep anything going

to keep the ball up1693

to keep the ball rolling1770

to keep the pot boiling1808

the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > make a beginning in some enterprise

beginc1200

to break the ice?1553

to break (the) ground1709

to set (or start) the ball rolling1770

to strike the first blow1849

1770 J. Chew Let. 4 Apr. in Papers of Sir William Johnson (1931) VII. 524 And so the Ball is to be keept rolling.

1850 W. Colton Deck & Port xiv. 390 That courageous organisation which set the ball of Anglo-Saxon supremacy rolling in California.

1913 ‘A. R. Hope’ Half & Half Trag. 250 These amateurs failed to keep the ball rolling.

1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Jan. 54/2 Since Malthus set the ball rolling, public opinion has undergone profound metamorphoses.

2006 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 11 Nov. 40 It will break a 20-year attendance record and set the ball rolling for another summer of rock concert hysteria.

单词	to keep the ball rolling
释义	> as lemmas to keep the ball rolling e. to keep the ball rolling: to maintain the pace or dynamism of an idea, undertaking, etc.; (also) to set (or start) the ball rolling: to initiate an idea, undertaking, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (intransitive)] initiate1725 to set (or start) the ball rolling1770 to take the initiative1856 to throw off1866 tee1961 the world > action or operation > continuing > continue doing or keep going in a course of action [verb (intransitive)] > keep anything going to keep the ball up1693 to keep the ball rolling1770 to keep the pot boiling1808 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > make a beginning in some enterprise beginc1200 to break the ice?1553 to break (the) ground1709 to set (or start) the ball rolling1770 to strike the first blow1849 1770 J. Chew Let. 4 Apr. in Papers of Sir William Johnson (1931) VII. 524 And so the Ball is to be keept rolling. 1850 W. Colton Deck & Port xiv. 390 That courageous organisation which set the ball of Anglo-Saxon supremacy rolling in California. 1913 ‘A. R. Hope’ Half & Half Trag. 250 These amateurs failed to keep the ball rolling. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Jan. 54/2 Since Malthus set the ball rolling, public opinion has undergone profound metamorphoses. 2006 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 11 Nov. 40 It will break a 20-year attendance record and set the ball rolling for another summer of rock concert hysteria. extracted from balln.¹ < as lemmas
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