| 单词 | to take advantage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (the) advantage Phrases P1. a. to advantage. (a) In addition; further, more. Cf. sense 3a. [Compare the note at of advantage at Phrases 4.] ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 209 Verst ocseþ [=ask] godes riche..and alle þise timliche þinges þou sselt habbe to auontage. c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 232 (MED) Secheþ first þe kyngdom of heuene and his riȝtwisnesse, and alle þe oþere þinges..we schulle haue to auauntage..God doþ þe goodes of þis world þer-to in auauntage. 1588 A. Munday tr. Palmerin D'Oliua ii. xxi. sig. G3v Sir Palmerin, so well is your prowesse and haughtie deedes of Armes knowne to euery one, as my prayse cannot extoll them to aduauntage. (b) So as to increase or augment the effect of anything; advantageously, favourably. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [adverb] > to (one's) advantage fremefullyc1200 to advantage1604 1604 A. Willet Thes. Ecclesiæ xi. 127 The vnprofitable seruant is reproued, because he hid his talent in the earth, and put it not forth to aduantage. 1686 E. Waller Poems (ed. 5) 235 Like Jewels to advantage set, Her Beauty by the shade does get. 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 19 True Wit is Nature to Advantage drest. 1794 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. 112 The lowest size of a Wiltshire down farm, that can be managed to advantage, is a good six horse business. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 303 The atmosphere has a quality of showing objects to a better advantage. 1895 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 27 July The young woman with two redundant ‘curves’ and an over-supply of pulchritudinous charm, may not affect the ‘sweater’ to advantage. 1935 Times 23 May 13/1 A spacious lawn is enclosed by yew hedges, against which the bloom of Scotch laburnum shows up to advantage. 1974 R. L. Hill Nails xvii. 175 She was pretty and her figure had been shown to advantage in the swimsuit. 1996 L. Al-Hafidh et al. Europe: Rough Guide (ed. 3) ii. xxvi. 1139 The exterior is best appreciated from outside the city, where the hundred-metre spire and the weighty buttressing can be seen to advantage. b. to (also for) a person's advantage: (so as to be) beneficial, profitable, or advantageous for a person. ΚΠ a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 1012 (MED) Þat world was made to our most avantage. c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1728) 6 If it shall chance us to continue any further in this fead it shall redound to his advantage. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. i. 27 Those blessed feet, Which 1400. yeares ago were naild, For our aduantage on the bitter crosse. View more context for this quotation 1639 T. Heywood True Relation 2 Most Famous Eng. Pyrats v. sig. Bv They boorded her without any great resistance; a sudden feare in the one, and a predicated resolution in the other, being greatly to their advantage. 1683 Dutch Rogue 109 A rich Opportunity I have in serving you in a bargain of such Commodities as I am sensible you deal in, which may tend to your advantage. 1705 J. Dennis Gibraltar iv. i. 46 Help'd by the Obscurity of the Night, and a lusty dose of Brandy,..I will turn Diego's Stratagem to your Advantage, and to his own Confusion. 1778 F. Burney Evelina III. xviii. 208 For as I found our consultation likely to redound to his advantage, I persuaded Sir John to send for him. 1808 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1837) I. i. 35 My time with him, though short, was spent greatly to my advantage. 1882 Daily News 3 Nov. 1/2 If the Gentleman who travelled from Yeovil Junction..with a violin case, will send his address he will hear of something to his advantage. 1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair xviii. 216 It would be enormously to our advantage if we could come by a specimen without provocateur methods. 1971 N. Brown Antarctic Housewife iv. 25 Mrs. Williscroft..had contrived to adjust the situation to her advantage by creating a landlady-tenant relationship with the young men. 2003 K. Slater & J. Borte Pipe Dreams (2004) iii. 49 In football, I used my vertically challenged status to my advantage. P2. to take (the) advantage: to take an opportunity provided by favourable circumstances; to avail oneself of a person or thing. Frequently in negative sense: to seize an opportunity of unfairly profiting by a person or thing, esp. sexually. a. With of (also †by), specifying the person who or thing which is used, exploited, or availed of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] > take advantage of to take (the) advantagea1393 prosecute1594 to make boot of1606 to lay hold (up)on, ofa1715 to trade upon ——1832 to trade on ——1843 market1906 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > act fraudulently, cheat [verb (intransitive)] faitc1330 defraudc1384 to take (the) advantagea1393 false1393 halt1412 haft1519 juggle1528 wily beguile1550 foist1584 lurch1593 fog1621 imposture1624 rook1637 impone1640 cheat1647 chicane1671 humbug1753 fineer1765 gag1781 mountebank1814 jockeya1835 sniggle1837 barney1848 straw1851 honeyfuggle1856 skinch1891 finagle1926 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > exploit or take advantage of to take (the) advantagea1393 milk?1531 presume1580 to play upon ——1603 milch1614 to grow on or upona1616 play1656 impose1670 exploit1838 manipulate1862 over-exploit1899 slug1946 to get over1979 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 4425 (MED) Men se poverte..Fulofte make a gret chevance And take of love his avantage. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 1417 This bordeller..that be hire body wolde Take avantage. 1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre i. viii. sig. Civ Agesilaus of Lacedemon..fayned to conducte his armye into Caria, there to take the aduantage of the hylles ayenst his enemies. 1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. D He himselfe, and Edmond Earle of Kent, Vpon the hill in sight of Burton lay. Watching to take aduantage of the day. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 102 To take an ill aduantage of his absence. View more context for this quotation 1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces iv. 136 They..take advantage of other men's Ignorance..Are great Exacters, where the Law is in their own hands. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 6 Taking the Advantage of a Side-wind. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. i. 222 Do you suppose a young lady of her fortune would want to take advantage of a person in trade? 1812 P. B. Shelley Addr. Irish People 3 There are always bad men who take advantage of hard times. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 251 Here was material enough for the craft of William to take advantage of. 1913 Contested Election Case 103 He knew when he received that certificate that the vote in the township of Climax..was not correct, and yet he took the advantage of it. 1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down i. xvii. 154 When she was..just a girl, a well-to-do commercial traveller,..a beast of a man, had taken advantage of her. 1975 N.Z. Jrnl. Zool. 2 455 A few animals..were able to survive by taking advantage of the winter shelter provided by farm buildings. 1991 Computer Nov. 33/3 (advt.) Take advantage of a world-class reference database. b. Without construction. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial [verb (intransitive)] > take advantage to take (the) advantagea1591 to cash in1927 a1591 H. Smith Gods Arrowe (1593) v. sig. L2 Neither ought I to alledge the Councel of Nice, nor thou the Councel of Arrimine, to take aduantage thereby. 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 329 He doth arripere ansam, take all aduantages as it were, and lay hold on euery occasion to do that. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 16 You may see them sometimes, if you happily take the advantage. 1718 W. Taverner Artful Wife iii. 36 It's not enough to justify our Conduct to our selves, it ought to be regulated by the World's Eye, to act so as not to leave room for Malice or Detraction, to take Advantage. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. i. xiii. 96 He is a man of honour, and will be above taking advantage, though I did oppose his election. 1831 W. Scott Tales of Grandfather 4th Ser. III. vi. 188 A French esquire took the advantage, as he was rising, and thrust a rapier through his eye into his forehead. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. iv. xxxii. 331 It's them as take advantage that get advantage i' this world. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 359 Sad about her lame of course but must be on your guard not to feel too much pity. They take advantage. 1979 B. Bainbridge Another Part of Wood viii. 160 May sensed he was vulnerable. She couldn't help taking advantage. 1994 C. Barker Everville (1999) vii. 664 He knew he wouldn't think much of himself in the morning if he took advantage. She was seventeen, for God's sake. P3. a. at one's advantage: in a position where one has the advantage or superiority. Now rare. ΚΠ c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 64 Looke who þt moost is pacient in loue He is at his auantage al aboue. c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 81 (MED) Age haþ us at his auauntage. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 103 That they sholde slee him if they founde him at their auauntage. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 66 Sua that we Sall ay at our avantage [1489 Adv. awantage] be. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xv. iv. f. 222/1 Alexander..answerd yat ye dayis wer nocht out run of trewis, and desyrit the kyng othir to keip his faith, or ellis to deliuer his pledgis that he mycht be at his auantage. 1588 Ld. Gairlies Let. 23 May in R. V. Agnew Corr. P. Waus (1887) II. 419 Ye wilbe at your avantage. a1630 D. Hume Hist. Houses Douglas & Angus (1644) 42 Our two Commanders assembled to the number 20000. all horse men..and entred into England with resolution not to fight but at their advantage and pleasure. 1694 tr. E. Benoist Hist. Famous Edict of Nantes I. i. 20 The K. of Navar was..easy to be govern'd by any that knew how to take him at their advantage, and bore a greater Figure than sway at Court. 1831 Adventures Robinson Crusoe xiv. 151 Crusoe could easily have attacked them; but his design was to take them at his advantage, in order that as few as possible might be killed. 1867 Harvard Advocate 15 Jan. 135/2 You might kick a man down stairs in the presence of the ladies, and then you certainly have him at your advantage. 2009 Internat. Musician Feb. 13 All of a sudden you are up on the auction block and the client has you at their advantage. b. to be at (also †upon) (an) advantage: to be in a favourable position; to have an advantage. Also to put (a person) at (an) advantage: to put (a person) in such a favourable position; to give an advantage to.In quot. c1425 to be at advantage of: †to be in a better position than (obsolete). [Compare Anglo-Norman en avantage in an advantageous position or situation (15th cent. or earlier), estre a l'avantage de faire (quelque chose) to be in a position to do (something) (first half of the 14th cent. or earlier), Middle French estre en son avantage to be in a favourable position (1446), estre à l'avantage to be well provided for (a1467).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [phrase] > having advantage to be at (also upon) (an) advantagec1425 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 2921 (MED) Kyng Menoun was at avauntage Of Achilles..In poynt tabrouȝt hym to confusioun. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 288 We sall be at avantage [1489 Adv. awantage] thair. 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados xii. xi. 112 Thou..Walkys at auantage, on the wod grene. 1656 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 89 Some had dined and were upon an advantage. 1679 R. Fleming One Necessary Thing to be Sought ii. 24 The war is begun that will never cease here, betwixt the flesh and the Spirit Gal. 5: 17. and as the regenerat part is at an advantage, the more vigorous is its opposition then against the flesh. 1850 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 637 The Philosopher walks in a more etherial region. Compared to the Legislator, he is at advantage. But he has his own difficulties. He must think Feelings! 1899 P. H. Brown Hist. Scotl. I. ii. i. 62 Her biography, written by her confessor Turgot, has put her at advantage over every other character in early Scottish history. 1913 D. Dewar Glimpses of Indian Birds viii. 43 In the area of eternal snow the white forms are at an advantage in the struggle for existence, as their whiteness tends to render them difficult to see. 1973 New Scientist 20 Sept. 714/3 (advt.) Applicants with some experience of immunology and/or radioisotopes and/or electron microscopy will be at advantage. 1999 Baseball Digest Oct. 40/1 Having the mound higher puts the pitcher at an advantage because the ball naturally wants to go down. c. to have (also to get) (a person) at (an) advantage: to be in a more favourable position than (a person); to have an advantage over. ΚΠ a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 844 Now I have the at avauntayge..but hyt shall never be seyde..that sir Trystram shall sle ony knyght that ys wepynles. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cxliiiiv/2 We shal haue hym at aduauntage and so we shall discomfyte hym. 1584 J. Rainolds & J. Hart Summe of Conf. viii. 458 If you thinke that you haue mee at an aduantage..I shal haue you at the same. a1680 D. Holles Memoirs (1699) 122 Never was such a violence and scorn put upon a single person, or any society of Men..except by that Italian, who to be reveng'd on his Enemy, got him at advantage. 1744 Def. People 65 They had the Court at an Advantage, they had the Public at their Devotion. 1791 C. Reeve School for Widows III. 154 I had wished a thousand times to have her at an advantage. 1842 H. M. G. Smythies Matchmaker III. lxvi. 212 I was taken by surprise... She got me at advantage. 1895 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 55/2 When one can't sleep, and lies tumbling about all night, the Devil has one at advantage. 1916 Boys' Life Mar. 11/2 In the sea she felt at home, where nobody could get her at an advantage. 2004 M. E. Robins Petty Treason vi. 94 Mademoiselle, you have me at an advantage, for you have guessed that I am Camille Touvois, and I do not know you. d. to take (a person) at advantage(s): to take (a person) by surprise; to take advantage of. Also to take upon advantages. Now rare. [After Middle French prendre quelqu'un à son avantage (c1450; French †prendre quelqu'un à son avantage).] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)] > take by surprise oppressa1382 susprisea1400 swikec1400 supprisec1405 catchc1425 to take (a person) at advantage(s)1523 to take (also rarely catch, find) a person tardy1530 to take tarde1547 to take (a person) short1553 to catch (also take) (a person) nappinga1576 preoccupate1582 surprise?1592 overcomea1616 to take (or catch)‥unawaresa1616 to take at a surprise1691 to catch (also take) on the hop1868 to catch (a person) bending1910 wrong-foot1957 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > be cunning or act cunningly [verb (intransitive)] > overreach to take (a person) at advantage(s)1523 overreacha1568 outgo1668 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > cheat, swindle [phrase] to pull a finchc1386 to wipe a person's nosea1475 to take (a person) at advantage(s)1523 to play fast and loose1557 to play false1576 to joint a person's nose of?1577 to make a cousin of1580 to sell smoke1589 munge1660 to sell (a person) a packet1886 to beat the count1897 to sell (a person) a pup1901 to hand (someone) a lemon1906 to sell (someone) a bill of goods1927 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xviii. 24 They wold haue ben slayn, or taken at auauntage. 1574 B. Rich Right Exelent Dialogue Mercury & Eng. Souldier sig. F viiv Hee might take at aduantage 4000. Galleys which should be sent to get pray & pillage. 1607 S. Hieron Remedie for Securitie in Wks. (1620) I. 430 The griping Nimrods of the world reioyce in their taking men vpon aduantages. 1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §xii It were woe with any of us all, if God should take us at advantages. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) i. ii. 39 But when he knew the small company of his enemies, his generousnesse would not suffer him to take them at advantage. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. liv. 338 His making you pass to the people of it, as his wife; tho' restrictively so, yet with hope, no doubt (vilest of villains as he is!), to take you at advantage. 1789 H. Brooke Montezuma v. v, in Poems & Plays IV. 336 Breathe, Spaniard—I would not take thee at advantage. 1826 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 34 330 Once it happened that the enemy took him at advantage. 1872 R. M. Rylatt Surv. Canad. Pacific (1991) 85 Of a sudden he was set upon by a bear, and having no arms save his light axe, his bearship took him at advantage. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. I. ii. 100 Being taken thus, at advantage, and unawares. ΚΠ a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B.vv I saie further of aduauntage, that dyuers haue written of the tyme of the saide Marke Aureleo. 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 15 4 or 5 Sheets of Advantage at the end of the Book. P5. to make (one's) advantage of and variants: to avail oneself of, to take advantage of. ΚΠ 1567 T. Harding Reioindre to M. Iewels Replie against Masse xv. f. 238 Which kind of Argumentes they must needes vse..who by opening the truth of any question by due distinctions, see their false doctrine confuted, and therfore make their apparent aduantage of confusion. 1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery iii. xii. 497 To make aduantage of the indifferencie of the word. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) I. 268 Laban..made advantages upon him, deluded him. 1657 R. Sanderson 14 Serm. Pref. sig. B4v The Papists make a great advantage..of these home-differences. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 25 We ought..to make our own Advantage of that Knowledge, and not to envy it to others. 1746 D. Hume Let. 4 Oct. (1932) I. 95 The Ministry, who were willing to make some Advantage of so considerable a sea and land Armament, sent us to seek Adventures on the Coast of France. a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) III. vii. 174 All made advantage of English easiness and dissipation. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. iii. 95 Inclined to make their advantage of his necessities. 1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon i. vii, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 403/2 These little hints he carried to his uncle, the minister of police, who, no doubt, made his advantage of them. 1885 Outing Oct. 90/2 It is true that you might make advantage of the position. 1922 Teachers College Rec. May 217 We would be derelict if we did not try to make advantage of the opportunity. 1971 New Scientist 7 Jan. 7/3 The Stanford workers..can make advantage of this situation to cancel out the perturbing effects of the Earth's ionosphere. 1990 J. Fjeldså & N. Krabbe Birds of High Andes 37/1 By focusing on the ecosystem rather than on its species we make advantage of the self-regulating property of the ecosystem. ΚΠ 1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 50 (margin) St[r]ife onelye is sowed by foysting fellowes that followes fortune and playes on aduauntage. 1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxvi. 156 Howbeit, on aduantage play'd Gynetta all this while. 1668 C. Sedley Mulberry-garden ii. ii. 31 Your only way is To turn Rook and play upon advantage. 1672 T. Shadwell Miser i. i. 3 Cheat? we do play a little upon advantage I confess, (as many people of Quality and most Gentlemen that are Gamesters do.). 1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. II. 235 The gamblers on the Mississippi use a very refined phrase for ‘cheating’—‘playing the advantages over him.’ < as lemmas |
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