英语词汇“to one's power”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P8. to (the best of, the uttermost of, the extent of) one's power: as far as one is able.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > with all one's might

(at, by, with) all one's mightOE

by (also by one's) powerc1300

with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330

at (also at all, after) one's power1384

upon one's powerc1400

to (the best of, the uttermost of, the extent of) one's power?a1425

tooth and naila1535

with tooth and naila1535

with both hands1549

with teeth and alla1600

horse and footc1600

with all one's force1677

for all it's worth1864

a1300 Rolls of Parl. I. 241 A leur poer e a leur esseint.]

?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 284 (MED) He..schulde..rowe forþ vndir the whyngis and fynnes of religyoun, keping þe same religyoun aftir þe first entent to his power vnto þe deeþ.

c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 6 (MED) By Mahounde, Ser, me aght to councell you truly to my power.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xiii. 48 She..cheryssheth and enterteyneth hym to her power.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 138 The man they wolde haue defended to the best of their powers.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 686 King Reyner did also help his daughter to hys small power.

1588 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1942) I. 41 It salbe resistit to the uttermeist of our powars.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 137 Three things..I remember to haue kept to my power.

1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue IV. xxi. 307 There was no particular debauched action, or extravagancy done in London, but he would boast himself to be the Author of it, and imitate it to his power.

1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. v. 114 To the best of my Power you shall do it no more.

1786 F. Burney Diary 28 Nov. (1842) III. 232 I wished them well..but I distanced them to the best of my power.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xxv. 274 He soothed our hero, however, to the best of his power, and began to turn his thoughts on revenge for his insulted honour.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxix. 357 Seated at the piano with the utmost gravity, and squalling to the best of her power.

1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse i. vi. 56 He has toiled honestly, given to the best of his power, and till he has no more left to give.

2003 Jrnl. News (Westchester County, N.Y.) (Nexis) 29 May 5 g I want to take responsibility for trying to tell the greater truth of her story to the best of my powers.

单词	to one's power
释义	> as lemmas to (the best of, the uttermost of, the extent of) one's power P8. to (the best of, the uttermost of, the extent of) one's power: as far as one is able. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > with all one's might (at, by, with) all one's mightOE by (also by one's) powerc1300 with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330 at (also at all, after) one's power1384 upon one's powerc1400 to (the best of, the uttermost of, the extent of) one's power?a1425 tooth and naila1535 with tooth and naila1535 with both hands1549 with teeth and alla1600 horse and footc1600 with all one's force1677 for all it's worth1864 a1300 Rolls of Parl. I. 241 A leur poer e a leur esseint.] ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 284 (MED) He..schulde..rowe forþ vndir the whyngis and fynnes of religyoun, keping þe same religyoun aftir þe first entent to his power vnto þe deeþ. c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 6 (MED) By Mahounde, Ser, me aght to councell you truly to my power. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xiii. 48 She..cheryssheth and enterteyneth hym to her power. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 138 The man they wolde haue defended to the best of their powers. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 686 King Reyner did also help his daughter to hys small power. 1588 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1942) I. 41 It salbe resistit to the uttermeist of our powars. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 137 Three things..I remember to haue kept to my power. 1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue IV. xxi. 307 There was no particular debauched action, or extravagancy done in London, but he would boast himself to be the Author of it, and imitate it to his power. 1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. v. 114 To the best of my Power you shall do it no more. 1786 F. Burney Diary 28 Nov. (1842) III. 232 I wished them well..but I distanced them to the best of my power. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xxv. 274 He soothed our hero, however, to the best of his power, and began to turn his thoughts on revenge for his insulted honour. View more context for this quotation 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxix. 357 Seated at the piano with the utmost gravity, and squalling to the best of her power. 1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse i. vi. 56 He has toiled honestly, given to the best of his power, and till he has no more left to give. 2003 Jrnl. News (Westchester County, N.Y.) (Nexis) 29 May 5 g I want to take responsibility for trying to tell the greater truth of her story to the best of my powers. extracted from powern.¹ < as lemmas
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