单词 | to rub along |
释义 | > as lemmasto rub along to rub along intransitive. figurative. To continue in a certain course, esp. without undue difficulty or restraint; to contrive, make shift, manage, get by. Also: to have a satisfactorily friendly relationship; to get along together, or with another person. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > persevere or persist [verb (intransitive)] continuec1340 perseverec1380 stick1447 to rub on1469 to stick unto ——1529 persist1531 to make it tougha1549 whilea1617 subsist1632 to rub along1668 let the world rub1677 dog1692 wade1714 to stem one's course1826 to stick in1853 to hang on1860 to worry along1871 to stay the course1885 slug1943 to slug it out1943 to bash on1950 to soldier on1954 to keep on trucking1972 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. i. 43 Going, Depart, recede,..get gone, set forth, rub along. 1689 J. Flavell Englands Duty App. 29 They make an hard shift to rub along under these regrets of Conscience. 1765 J. Parker Let. 22 Mar. in B. Franklin Papers (1968) XII. 88 He may make shift to rub along, but I believe will never do any great Matter. 1818 W. Irving Life & Lett. (1864) I. 396 I feel confident that I shall be able to rub along with my present means of support. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour (1865) II. 555 It's got very bad now. I used to manage to rub along at first. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xliv. 150 The reason..why the system..rubs along in the several States is, that the executive has little to do. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas viii. 81 The small fry have to rub along with Japanese and Filipinos. 1958 Daily Sketch 2 June 12/4 The firm rubbed along—but it never looked like going places. 1961 A. White Diary 31 Dec. (1993) i. 59 I think we shall rub along well. This is definitely sharing a flat, not ‘having a lodger’ for he is in and about all the time. 2004 Good Housek. (U.K. ed.) Oct. 108/1 At first David and I were terrified that we'd feel trapped and that the contented rubbing along together we'd lived with for so long would somehow change for the worse. < as lemmas |
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