| 单词 | to prepare the way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto prepare the way c. transitive. to prepare the way: = to pave the way at pave v. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > do or accomplish something easily [verb (intransitive)] > facilitate progress to make waya1200 to prepare the way1526 to clear the coast1530 to pave the wayc1585 to oil the wheels1645 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke iii. 4 The voyce off a cryar in wyldernes, prepare [c1384 Wycliffite, E.V.Make ȝe redy] the waye off the lorde, make hys pathes straight. 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere vii. p. cccv John baptyste is sent downe to prepare the waye for Antichryste. 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxix. f. 320v A poyson so daungerous..that the foode therof prepared the way to the good Ladies graue. 1640 R. Brathwait Two Lancs. Lovers xv. 117 I have prepared the way..to consummate whatsoever hath been so long proposed. 1778 C. F. Sheridan Hist. Late Revol. Sweden iii. 204 This was a great point gained towards overturning the French system in Sweden, and preparing the way for the intended grand alliance in the North. 1826 Acc. High School for Girls (Boston, U.S.) 3 The satisfactory result of this experiment prepared the way for the establishment of the High School for Girls. 1900 Times 8 Dec. 15/2 The misery consequently imposed upon many of the finest workmen in France, did not a little to prepare the way for the Revolution. 1958 W. Yale Near East iv. 55 This treaty prepared the way for future Russian advance in the Balkans. 2000 Z. V. David in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 316/2 Wyclif can be seen as preparing the way via the Lollard groups for the explicitly Protestant currents in England. < as lemmas |
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