| 单词 | to punch above one's weight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto punch above one's weight (b) intransitive. To have as much power or influence as one's status or significance allows or implies; to perform as well as one can. Chiefly in negative contexts and in to punch above one's weight and variants. ΚΠ 1986 Economist 23 Aug. 38/3 Though only some 12% of Nevadans are Mormons, they punch more than their weight. 1989 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 2 Nov. 17 Anthony concedes that HMC's failure to punch its weight in major educational debates owes something to the 120-year-old organisation's traditions as an introspective ‘cosy club’. 1993 Financial Times 4 Feb. 9/6 One of the principal props which have allowed Britain to punch above its weight in the world. 1994 Observer (Nexis) 11 Dec. 16 These days he is a much more polished player than the one who struggled to punch his full weight at Arsenal in the Eighties. 2004 Toronto Star 27 Nov. j13/1 There's butter and—watch out, it's hot—aji (hot pepper seeds) in oil that punches far above its weight. < as lemmas |
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