英语词汇“to oil the wheels”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. transitive. To help something run smoothly as if by the application of oil; to facilitate a process. Originally and chiefly in to oil the wheels.Often with some implication that money is involved: cf. sense 5a.

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the world > action or operation > easiness > do or accomplish something easily [verb (intransitive)] > facilitate progress

to make waya1200

to prepare the way1526

to clear the coast1530

to pave the wayc1585

to oil the wheels1645

1643 J. Caryl Nature Sacred Covenant 13 Would he have the Chariot move swiftly, who..will not Oyle the Wheeles?]

1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Trivmph of Faith (1845) 31 Christ must oil the wheels of mis-ordered will.

1768 W. Wilkie Fables 55 Just hope assists in all our toils; The wheels of industry it oils.

1835 Colonist (Sydney) 16 July 225/4 All we want is permission to oil the wheels of our own little Botany Bay state-carriage ourselves.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxxiii. 332 There's a bad style of humbug, but there is also a good style—one that oils the wheels and makes progress possible.

1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee ix. 108 No hurry yet, and too much government machinery to oil up and set to rights and start a-going.

1909 Daily Chron. 6 Sept. 3/3 Her craze for the ‘psychic’..oils the wheels of the plot.

1976 D. Francis In Frame xvi. 232 Our passage had been oiled by telexes from above. When we arrived..we found ourselves whisked into a private room.

1977 ‘A. Stuart’ Snap Judgement 178 He set the deal up... He was oiling the wheels for when Brigitte arrived with the secrets.

1985 C. Angier Jean Rhys ii. 49 Ford was pretending to be in love with Ella, but was really only oiling his emotional and artistic machinery.

1998 Timber Grower Autumn 24/1 A wide variety of grants can help oil the wheels and remove much of the cost burden of planting.

单词	to oil the wheels
释义	> as lemmas to oil the wheels c. transitive. To help something run smoothly as if by the application of oil; to facilitate a process. Originally and chiefly in to oil the wheels.Often with some implication that money is involved: cf. sense 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > do or accomplish something easily [verb (intransitive)] > facilitate progress to make waya1200 to prepare the way1526 to clear the coast1530 to pave the wayc1585 to oil the wheels1645 1643 J. Caryl Nature Sacred Covenant 13 Would he have the Chariot move swiftly, who..will not Oyle the Wheeles?] 1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Trivmph of Faith (1845) 31 Christ must oil the wheels of mis-ordered will. 1768 W. Wilkie Fables 55 Just hope assists in all our toils; The wheels of industry it oils. 1835 Colonist (Sydney) 16 July 225/4 All we want is permission to oil the wheels of our own little Botany Bay state-carriage ourselves. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxxiii. 332 There's a bad style of humbug, but there is also a good style—one that oils the wheels and makes progress possible. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee ix. 108 No hurry yet, and too much government machinery to oil up and set to rights and start a-going. 1909 Daily Chron. 6 Sept. 3/3 Her craze for the ‘psychic’..oils the wheels of the plot. 1976 D. Francis In Frame xvi. 232 Our passage had been oiled by telexes from above. When we arrived..we found ourselves whisked into a private room. 1977 ‘A. Stuart’ Snap Judgement 178 He set the deal up... He was oiling the wheels for when Brigitte arrived with the secrets. 1985 C. Angier Jean Rhys ii. 49 Ford was pretending to be in love with Ella, but was really only oiling his emotional and artistic machinery. 1998 Timber Grower Autumn 24/1 A wide variety of grants can help oil the wheels and remove much of the cost burden of planting. extracted from oilv. < as lemmas
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