英语词汇“to screw one's courage to the sticking place”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. to screw one's courage to the sticking place (also point) and variants: to summon up as much courage, determination, etc., as possible.Shakespeare's use in quot. a1616 seems to allude to the turning of a peg or screw until it becomes tightly fixed. Later uses all ultimately reflect Shakespeare's use. See also sticking place n. 2, sticking point n. 2.

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vii. 60 Lady. We faile? But screw your courage to the sticking place, And wee'le not fayle.

1796 Another Coruscation of Meteor Burke 27 To raise our fears to a certain height, and then ‘to screw our courage to the sticking place’, he proceeds as follows.

1814 Providence (Rhode Island) Patriot 11 June The Boston stamp fed's are screwing their courage to the sticking point, to fight the Bulwark.

1885 C. T. Dent Above Snow Line vi. 192 The prospect looked different that day as turn by turn we screwed our determination up to the sticking point.

1922 S. Gordon Second Flowering xxvii. 270 Suddenly she stopped and drew herself taut. She had screwed her resolution to the sticking point.

1948 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 8 June 4 a/2 If Abdullah's courage can be screwed to the sticking point, and if..such a settlement is backed..by the United States, it can be successful.

2015 Express (Nexis) 23 Sept. 14 Mr Allen screwed his own particular courage to the sticking place by standing up in front of his fellow Lib Dems to question one of their most cherished beliefs.

单词	to screw one's courage to the sticking place
释义	> as lemmas to screw one's courage to the sticking place (also point) P1. to screw one's courage to the sticking place (also point) and variants: to summon up as much courage, determination, etc., as possible.Shakespeare's use in quot. a1616 seems to allude to the turning of a peg or screw until it becomes tightly fixed. Later uses all ultimately reflect Shakespeare's use. See also sticking place n. 2, sticking point n. 2. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vii. 60 Lady. We faile? But screw your courage to the sticking place, And wee'le not fayle. View more context for this quotation 1796 Another Coruscation of Meteor Burke 27 To raise our fears to a certain height, and then ‘to screw our courage to the sticking place’, he proceeds as follows. 1814 Providence (Rhode Island) Patriot 11 June The Boston stamp fed's are screwing their courage to the sticking point, to fight the Bulwark. 1885 C. T. Dent Above Snow Line vi. 192 The prospect looked different that day as turn by turn we screwed our determination up to the sticking point. 1922 S. Gordon Second Flowering xxvii. 270 Suddenly she stopped and drew herself taut. She had screwed her resolution to the sticking point. 1948 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 8 June 4 a/2 If Abdullah's courage can be screwed to the sticking point, and if..such a settlement is backed..by the United States, it can be successful. 2015 Express (Nexis) 23 Sept. 14 Mr Allen screwed his own particular courage to the sticking place by standing up in front of his fellow Lib Dems to question one of their most cherished beliefs. extracted from screwv. < as lemmas
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