| 单词 | to put through the mill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put through the mill P7. to put through the mill: to cause to experience difficulty, hardship, suffering, etc., esp. as part of a learning process. Also to go (also pass, have been, etc.) through the mill: to undergo a difficult or unpleasant experience. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > exert operative influence [verb (intransitive)] > experience some action or influence attastec1460 to go (also pass, have been, etc.) through the mill1818 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 96 Frank here won't hear of our putting her through the mill. 1837 Knickerbocker 9 356 I had been ‘through the mill’ of a pre-concerted, artificial revival. 1868 H. Woodruff & C. J. Foster Trotting Horse Amer. vi. 76 It was thought that they would be ruined for service if they were ‘put through the mill’. 1887 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 10 Certain persons who have gone through the mill of what is known as our ‘higher education’. 1903 G. Gissing Private Papers Henry Ryecroft 138 His hardships were never excessive; they did not affect his health or touch his spirits; probably he is in every way a better man for having..‘gone through the mill’. 1918 Marines Mag. May 42 Did you know when you joined the U.S. Marines just how you'd get put through the mill? 1940 H. Read Annals of Innocence ii. i. 75 A boy who is destined to be a teacher, a doctor, a technician or a scientist, must go through the mill and acquire the necessary qualifications. 1965 Listener 1 July 21/1 I am a collector—and one who has gone through the mill. I started..in the basement with bus tickets. 1994 Harper's May 58/1 Say I'm black, poor, uneducated, inarticulate, have no lawyer, have been put through the mill: I haven't got a chance. < as lemmas |
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