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

(c) spec. With infinitive or to and gerund as complement. To feel that it is possible or convenient to do something; to be prepared to do something. Frequently in to see one's way (clear) to. Chiefly in negative, conditional, or interrogative contexts, often in polite requests.

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1744 Christian Hist. 18 Feb. 404 A considerable Number that have owned the Covenant and been baptised, that have not seen their Way clear to come to the Ordinance of the holy Supper.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan 136 It may be well for them, whose consciences are not so tender, I opinion, to notify such, as they may see their way clear so to do.

1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent ii. ix. 353 Laud said that he did not see his way to come to terms with the Holy See, till Rome was ‘other than she is’.

1875 A. Helps Social Pressure ii. 24 The neighbours do not see their way to altering it.

1885 Law Times 79 342/1 He did not see his way clear to allow their names to remain upon the register.

1902 in Corr. Railway Constr. Nigeria (1905) 90 His Excellency trusts that you will be able to see your way to representing the fatuity of selecting a place for a bridge and wasting money on a southwards survey from thence.

1933 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 20 If you could see your way clear to publish any of these poems, or find in them sufficient merit to warrant the reading of some more, you would be doing me a very great favour.

1995 Times 18 Jan. 18/4 When we've moved, I might just see my way to opening it.

2014 Canberra Times (Nexis) 27 Sept. b4 Could you see your way clear to handing some of the controls over to me, the user?

单词	to see one's way to
释义	> as lemmas to see one's way (clear) to (c) spec. With infinitive or to and gerund as complement. To feel that it is possible or convenient to do something; to be prepared to do something. Frequently in to see one's way (clear) to. Chiefly in negative, conditional, or interrogative contexts, often in polite requests. ΚΠ 1744 Christian Hist. 18 Feb. 404 A considerable Number that have owned the Covenant and been baptised, that have not seen their Way clear to come to the Ordinance of the holy Supper. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan 136 It may be well for them, whose consciences are not so tender, I opinion, to notify such, as they may see their way clear so to do. 1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent ii. ix. 353 Laud said that he did not see his way to come to terms with the Holy See, till Rome was ‘other than she is’. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure ii. 24 The neighbours do not see their way to altering it. 1885 Law Times 79 342/1 He did not see his way clear to allow their names to remain upon the register. 1902 in Corr. Railway Constr. Nigeria (1905) 90 His Excellency trusts that you will be able to see your way to representing the fatuity of selecting a place for a bridge and wasting money on a southwards survey from thence. 1933 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 20 If you could see your way clear to publish any of these poems, or find in them sufficient merit to warrant the reading of some more, you would be doing me a very great favour. 1995 Times 18 Jan. 18/4 When we've moved, I might just see my way to opening it. 2014 Canberra Times (Nexis) 27 Sept. b4 Could you see your way clear to handing some of the controls over to me, the user? extracted from wayn.¹int.¹ < as lemmas
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