| 单词 | to know the score |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto know the score d. figurative. The essential point or crux of a matter; the state of affairs, the (present) situation; how matters stand; the full facts (about, on, etc. someone or something); frequently in phrases, as to know the score; to ask, realize, etc., what the score is; what's the score; etc. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > [noun] kithc900 avaymentc1315 learningc1386 information1390 knowledgea1398 witteringa1400 witting1417 advicec1425 hearinga1450 understanding1473 intelligence?a1475 intellectionc1475 wit1487 instructiona1535 myance1552 fact1566 aviso1589 facts and figures1727 tell1823 message1828 renseignement1841 khubber1878 dope1901 lowdown1905 info1907 poop1911 oil1915 score1938 gen1940 intel1961 scam1964 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > state of affairs or situation thingeOE stallc1000 estrec1300 farea1325 arrayc1386 casea1393 costa1400 state of thingsa1500 style?a1505 predicament1586 facta1617 posture1620 picture1661 situation1750 position1829 lie1850 posish1859 state of play1916 the form1934 score1938 sitch1954 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > state of affairs or situation > existing state of affairs or status quo status quo1719 score1938 1938 D. Nowinson in Better English Oct. 8/1 Dope..a guy who doesn't know the score. 1939 Time 16 Oct. 101/2 But when Holger begins to long for home and daughter, Anita, realizing what the score is, runs off to Paris to study. 1948 G. H. Johnston Death takes Small Bites i. 16 Why don't you speak to some people who can really tell you the score? 1950 E. Hemingway Across River & into Trees xxxiii. 250 It leaves a core of certain un-killed characters who know what the score is. 1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie xii. 121 I asked Ike what the score was on pushing in Mexico city. He said it was impossible. 1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest iv. 68 You were fully justified in breaking off the action when you did, in view of the score at the time. 1958 P. Scott Mark of Warrior ii. 176 ‘What's the score about Havildar Baksh?’ ‘He's a prisoner.’ 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself iii. 234 I was out of fashion and that was the score; that was all the score. 1962 J. D. Salinger Franny & Zooey 167 You've been around schools long enough to know the score. 1971 N. Stacey Who Cares? xvii. 284 At least he had the courage to tell me the score as far as I was concerned, so that I did not waste time yearning and hoping. 1977 A. Scholefield Venom iii. 86 You didn't ask the Boss what the score was, he told you. < as lemmas |
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